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About Surhurpur Village

Surhurpur is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 525 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.91 hectares hectares.

Surhurpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surhurpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 66.91 hectares
Population 1,100
Male Population 525
Female Population 575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,095
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 Surhurpur compares

By the 2011 count Surhurpur is the 207th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 66.91 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Surhurpur

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

Surhurpur lies about 11 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Zafarabad Junction, about 4.6 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 Surhurpur
Nearest railway station Zafarabad Junction 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 11 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 11 km

Villages closest to Surhurpur

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 Surhurpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Surhurpur village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 207th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Surhurpur village has 525 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surhurpur has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1071.

Surhurpur covers 66.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Surhurpur is Zafarabad Junction, about 4.6 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 Surhurpur.

Surhurpur is about 11 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surhurpur is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Zafarabad Junction is about 4.6 km away. Kerakat is about 11 km away. Jaunpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramdatt Pur (under 2 km), Sarki (2.2 km) and Birbhanpur (2.2 km).

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

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