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About Surahi Bujurg Village

Surahi Bujurg is a large village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,314, made up of 1,068 males and 1,246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.73 hectares hectares.

Surahi Bujurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surahi Bujurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 467.73 hectares
Population 2,314
Male Population 1,068
Female Population 1,246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surahi Bujurg compares

By the 2011 count Surahi Bujurg is the 52nd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 467.73 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Surahi Bujurg

Surahi Bujurg is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surahi Bujurg 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surahi Bujurg from other places

Surahi Bujurg lies about 27 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Mir, about 4.7 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 Surahi Bujurg
Nearest railway station Sarai Mir 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 14 km
Nearest town Lalganj 22 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 27 km

Villages closest to Surahi Bujurg

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 Surahi Bujurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Surahi Bujurg village had a population of 2,314. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Surahi Bujurg village has 1,068 males and 1,246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surahi Bujurg has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Surahi Bujurg covers 467.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surahi Bujurg falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surahi Bujurg is Sarai Mir, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Surahi Bujurg.

Surahi Bujurg is about 27 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surahi Bujurg is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Sarai Mir is about 4.7 km away. Nizamabad is about 14 km away. Lalganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ram Raipur (under 2 km), Chak Jafar (1.5 km) and Chak Mahuari (2.0 km).

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

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