About Surkhal Sahu Village

Surkhal Sahu is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 25 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surkhal Sahu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkhal Sahu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	107.13 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	25
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surkhal Sahu compares

By the 2011 count Surkhal Sahu is the 236th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 107.13 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Surkhal Sahu

Surkhal Sahu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surkhal Sahu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Surkhal Sahu from other places

Surkhal Sahu lies about 43 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 33 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 Surkhal Sahu
Nearest town	Almora	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	33 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	43 km

Villages closest to Surkhal Sahu

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

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Common questions about Surkhal Sahu

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkhal Sahu village had a population of 52. That makes it the 236th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Surkhal Sahu village has 25 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkhal Sahu has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Surkhal Sahu is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surkhal Sahu covers 107.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surkhal Sahu falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Surkhal Sahu is Kathgodam, about 33 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 5 - 10 km distance for Surkhal Sahu.

Surkhal Sahu is about 43 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkhal Sahu is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 18 km away. Gangolihat is about 32 km away. Kathgodam is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.