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About Surai Village

Surai is a mid sized village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 668 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.63 hectares hectares.

Surai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 68.63 hectares
Population 1,306
Male Population 668
Female Population 638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Surai compares

By the 2011 count Surai is the 132nd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 68.63 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Surai

The census records public bus service for Surai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surai from other places

Surai lies about 16 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Phariha, about under 2 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 Surai
Nearest railway station Phariha under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 5.8 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 16 km

Villages closest to Surai

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

Common questions about Surai

As per the Census of India 2011, Surai village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Surai village has 668 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surai has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Surai covers 68.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Surai falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surai is Phariha, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Surai.

Surai is about 16 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surai is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Phariha is about under 2 km away. Nizamabad is about 5.8 km away. Azamgarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mukundpur (under 2 km), Main Parpur (under 2 km) and Badhanpur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Surai today is likely to be higher.

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