About Surja Village

Surja is a mid sized village in Mat tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 342 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 281204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surja village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Mat
Pincode	281204
Area (hectares)	134.73 hectares
Population	618
Male Population	342
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	807
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Surja compares

By the 2011 count Surja is the 160th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents. Its 134.73 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 883.

Getting to Surja

Surja 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 Surja as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surja from other places

Surja lies about 23 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 14 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 Surja
Tehsil headquarters	Mat	9.9 km
Nearest town	Rāya	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sonai	14 km
District headquarters	Mathura	23 km

Villages closest to Surja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surja village had a population of 618. That makes it the 160th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents.

Surja village has 342 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surja has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Surja is 281204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surja covers 134.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surja falls under Mat tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surja is Sonai, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Surja.

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

Surja is in Mat tehsil of Mathura district. Mat is about 9.9 km away. Rāya is about 14 km away. Sonai is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.