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About Suraj Garh Village

Suraj Garh is a mid sized village in Lalganj tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 314 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.15 hectares hectares.

Suraj Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suraj Garh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Lalganj
Area (hectares) 390.15 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 314
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Suraj Garh compares

By the 2011 count Suraj Garh is the 201st largest of the 368 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 390.15 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Suraj Garh

Suraj Garh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Suraj Garh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Suraj Garh from other places

Suraj Garh lies about 110 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Khundaur Station, about 5.6 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 Suraj Garh
Nearest railway station Khundaur Station 5.6 km
Nearest town Bela 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalganj 32 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 110 km

Villages closest to Suraj Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lalganj 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 Suraj Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Suraj Garh village had a population of 588. That makes it the 201st largest of the 368 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Suraj Garh village has 314 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suraj Garh has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Suraj Garh covers 390.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suraj Garh falls under Lalganj tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suraj Garh is Khundaur Station, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Suraj Garh.

Suraj Garh is about 110 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suraj Garh is in Lalganj tehsil of Mirzapur district. Khundaur Station is about 5.6 km away. Bela is about 8.9 km away. Lalganj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolaha (1.7 km), Ahungi Khurd (1.9 km) and Babhani Khurd (1.9 km).

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

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