About Sooraja Village

Sooraja is a mid sized village in Iglas tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 867, made up of 464 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.92 hectares hectares.

Sooraja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sooraja village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Iglas
Area (hectares)	192.92 hectares
Population	867
Male Population	464
Female Population	403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sooraja compares

By the 2011 count Sooraja is the 135th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents. Its 192.92 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Sooraja

Sooraja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sooraja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sooraja from other places

Sooraja lies about 46 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 8.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sooraja
Nearest town	Rāya	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Sonai	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Iglas	23 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	46 km

Villages closest to Sooraja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Iglas tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sooraja

As per the Census of India 2011, Sooraja village had a population of 867. That makes it the 135th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents.

Sooraja village has 464 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sooraja has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Sooraja covers 192.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sooraja falls under Iglas tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sooraja is Sonai, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sooraja.

Sooraja is about 46 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sooraja is in Iglas tehsil of Aligarh district. Rāya is about under 2 km away. Sonai is about 8.8 km away. Iglas is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.