About Surkhal Shugara Village

Surkhal Shugara is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 33 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surkhal Shugara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkhal Shugara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	15.42 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	33
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
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 Shugara compares

By the 2011 count Surkhal Shugara is the 217th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 15.42 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Surkhal Shugara

Surkhal Shugara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surkhal Shugara 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 Shugara from other places

Surkhal Shugara lies about 21 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Shugara
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	10 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	21 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	55 km

Villages closest to Surkhal Shugara

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 Shugara

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkhal Shugara village had a population of 72. That makes it the 217th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Surkhal Shugara village has 33 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkhal Shugara has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Surkhal Shugara covers 15.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Surkhal Shugara is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Shugara.

Surkhal Shugara is about 21 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkhal Shugara is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 10 km away. Pithoragarh is about 21 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.