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About Suraya Village

Suraya is a mid sized village in Jasrana tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,638, made up of 881 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651.53 hectares hectares.

Suraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suraya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Firozabad
Tehsil Jasrana
Area (hectares) 651.53 hectares
Population 1,638
Male Population 881
Female Population 757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Suraya compares

By the 2011 count Suraya is the 104th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents. Its 651.53 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Suraya

Suraya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Suraya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Suraya from other places

Suraya lies about 34 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Kuswa, about 12 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 Suraya
Nearest railway station Kuswa 12 km
Nearest town Etah 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Jasrana 26 km
District headquarters Firozabad 34 km

Villages closest to Suraya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suraya village had a population of 1,638. That makes it the 104th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents.

Suraya village has 881 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suraya has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

Suraya covers 651.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suraya falls under Jasrana tehsil of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suraya is Kuswa, about 12 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 village for Suraya.

Suraya is about 34 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suraya is in Jasrana tehsil of Firozabad district. Kuswa is about 12 km away. Etah is about 19 km away. Jasrana is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaitpur (under 2 km), Fatehpurpat (2.1 km) and Naglabhhiki (2.8 km).

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

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