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About Suratpur Village

Suratpur is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,750, made up of 819 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.83 hectares hectares.

Suratpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suratpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 178.83 hectares
Population 1,750
Male Population 819
Female Population 931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,137
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 Suratpur compares

By the 2011 count Suratpur is the 127th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 178.83 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Suratpur

Suratpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Suratpur 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 Suratpur from other places

Suratpur lies about 23 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 5.4 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 Suratpur
Nearest railway station Kirakat 5.4 km
Nearest town Lalganj 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 23 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 23 km

Villages closest to Suratpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suratpur village had a population of 1,750. That makes it the 127th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Suratpur village has 819 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suratpur has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Suratpur covers 178.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Suratpur falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suratpur is Kirakat, about 5.4 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 Suratpur.

Suratpur is about 23 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suratpur is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kirakat is about 5.4 km away. Lalganj is about 14 km away. Kerakat is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surakpur (under 2 km), Brahamanpur (under 2 km) and Brahmanpur (under 2 km).

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

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