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About Surtapur Village

Surtapur is a mid sized village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 271 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.75 hectares hectares.

Surtapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surtapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Mohammadabad
Area (hectares) 150.75 hectares
Population 508
Male Population 271
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Surtapur compares

By the 2011 count Surtapur is the 460th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 150.75 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Surtapur

The census records public bus service for Surtapur as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surtapur from other places

Surtapur lies about 20 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Nandganj, about 5.8 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 Surtapur
Nearest railway station Nandganj 5.8 km
Nearest town Zamānia 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammadabad 20 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 20 km

Villages closest to Surtapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surtapur village had a population of 508. That makes it the 460th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Surtapur village has 271 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surtapur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Surtapur covers 150.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surtapur falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surtapur is Nandganj, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Surtapur is about 20 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surtapur is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Nandganj is about 5.8 km away. Zamānia is about 17 km away. Mohammadabad is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tarwan (2.0 km), Kodra (3.1 km) and Narainpur (3.2 km).

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

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