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About Suraikhat Village

Suraikhat is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 27 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,519 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suraikhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suraikhat village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 66.56 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 27
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,519
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 Suraikhat compares

By the 2011 count Suraikhat is the 325th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 66.56 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1243.

Getting to Suraikhat

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

Suraikhat lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Suraikhat
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 9.7 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 21 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 21 km

Villages closest to Suraikhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suraikhat village had a population of 68. That makes it the 325th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Suraikhat village has 27 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suraikhat has about 1519 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Suraikhat is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suraikhat covers 66.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suraikhat falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Suraikhat is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Suraikhat.

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

Suraikhat is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 9.7 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra 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 Sukoli Malli (under 2 km), Jakh Talla (under 2 km) and Sukoli Talli (under 2 km).

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

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