About Surgahna Village

Surgahna is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,697, made up of 902 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surgahna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surgahna village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Pincode	273209
Area (hectares)	505.01 hectares
Population	1,697
Male Population	902
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surgahna compares

By the 2011 count Surgahna is the 69th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 505.01 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 975.

Getting to Surgahna

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

How far is Surgahna from other places

Surgahna lies about 21 km from Gorakhpur. 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 Surgahna
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	14 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	21 km

Villages closest to Surgahna

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.

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Common questions about Surgahna

As per the Census of India 2011, Surgahna village had a population of 1,697. That makes it the 69th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Surgahna village has 902 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surgahna has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Surgahna is 273209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surgahna covers 505.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Surgahna notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Surgahna.

Surgahna is about 21 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surgahna is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 14 km away. Gorakhpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.