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About Surai Village

Surai is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 9 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246165
Area (hectares) 22.37 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 9
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,222
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surai compares

By the 2011 count Surai is the 585th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 22.37 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Surai

Surai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Surai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surai from other places

Surai lies about 14 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Surai
District headquarters Garhwal 14 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 30 km

Villages closest to Surai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surai village had a population of 20. That makes it the 585th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Surai village has 9 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surai has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Surai is 246165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surai covers 22.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surai falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Surai is Kotdwara, about 22 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 within <5 km distance for Surai.

Surai is about 14 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surai is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 14 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simalya (1.8 km), Dawarikhal (2.6 km) and Diusa (2.8 km).

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

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