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About Surahi Village

Surahi is a mid sized village in Tilhar tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 600 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304 hectares hectares.

Surahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Tilhar
Area (hectares) 304 hectares
Population 1,143
Male Population 600
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surahi compares

By the 2011 count Surahi is the 189th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 304 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 855.

Getting to Surahi

Surahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surahi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Surahi from other places

Surahi lies about 37 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bilpur, about 8.3 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 Surahi
Nearest railway station Bilpur 8.3 km
Nearest town Mīrānpur Katra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Tilhar 21 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 37 km

Villages closest to Surahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surahi village had a population of 1,143. That makes it the 189th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Surahi village has 600 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surahi has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 855.

Surahi covers 304 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surahi falls under Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surahi is Bilpur, about 8.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Surahi.

Surahi is about 37 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surahi is in Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Bilpur is about 8.3 km away. Mīrānpur Katra is about 13 km away. Tilhar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balarpur (under 2 km), Simaura (1.7 km) and Tehara (2.0 km).

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

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