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About Suriya Village

Suriya is a small village in Gyanpur tehsil, in the district of Sant Ravidas Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 18 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.18 hectares hectares.

Suriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suriya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sant Ravidas Nagar
Tehsil Gyanpur
Area (hectares) 20.18 hectares
Population 36
Male Population 18
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Suriya compares

By the 2011 count Suriya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 20.18 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Suriya

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

Suriya lies about 9.1 km from Sant Ravidas Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Suriawan, about under 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 Suriya
Nearest railway station Suriawan under 2 km
District headquarters Sant Ravidas Nagar 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Gyanpur 15 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 15 km

Villages closest to Suriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suriya village had a population of 36. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Suriya village has 18 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suriya has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Suriya covers 20.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suriya falls under Gyanpur tehsil of Sant Ravidas Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suriya is Suriawan, about under 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Suriya.

Suriya is about 9.1 km from Sant Ravidas Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suriya is in Gyanpur tehsil of Sant Ravidas Nagar district. Suriawan is about under 2 km away. Sant Ravidas Nagar is about 9.1 km away. Gyanpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manshahpur (under 2 km), Merhi (3.0 km) and Kanakpur (3.6 km).

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

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