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About Suraulia Village

Suraulia is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 198 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.18 hectares hectares.

Suraulia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suraulia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 68.18 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 198
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
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 Suraulia compares

By the 2011 count Suraulia is the 228th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 68.18 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 975.

Getting to Suraulia

The census records public bus service for Suraulia 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 Suraulia from other places

Suraulia lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 3.8 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 Suraulia
Nearest railway station Maghar 3.8 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 9.0 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Suraulia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suraulia village had a population of 368. That makes it the 228th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Suraulia village has 198 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suraulia has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Suraulia covers 68.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suraulia falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suraulia is Maghar, about 3.8 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 Suraulia.

Suraulia is about 25 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suraulia is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 3.8 km away. Khalīlābād is about 8.0 km away. Sahjanwa is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raghunathpur (under 2 km), Parmeshwarpur (under 2 km) and Bhadesri (under 2 km).

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

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