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About Surasi Village

Surasi is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,021, made up of 1,066 males and 955 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.86 hectares hectares.

Surasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surasi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 335.86 hectares
Population 2,021
Male Population 1,066
Female Population 955
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Surasi compares

By the 2011 count Surasi is the 39th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 335.86 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Surasi

Surasi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Surasi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Surasi from other places

Surasi lies about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 4.2 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 Surasi
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 4.2 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 4.6 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 19 km

Villages closest to Surasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surasi village had a population of 2,021. That makes it the 39th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Surasi village has 1,066 males and 955 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surasi has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 856.

Surasi covers 335.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surasi falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surasi is Jhinjhak, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Surasi.

Surasi is about 13 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surasi is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Jhinjhak is about 4.2 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 4.6 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawabpur (1.5 km), Bari (2.1 km) and Khanpur Dilwal (3.4 km).

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

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