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About Suring Village

Suring is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 154 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,351 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suring Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suring village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Munsiari
Pincode 262554
Area (hectares) 236.06 hectares
Population 362
Male Population 154
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,351
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 Suring compares

By the 2011 count Suring is the 30th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 236.06 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1054.

Getting to Suring

Suring is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Suring 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 Suring from other places

Suring lies about 33 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 41 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 Suring
Nearest town Almora 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Munsiari 33 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 33 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 41 km

Villages closest to Suring

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suring village had a population of 362. That makes it the 30th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Suring village has 154 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suring has about 1351 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Suring is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suring covers 236.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suring falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Suring is Kathgodam, about 41 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 Suring.

Suring is about 33 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suring is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 24 km away. Munsiari is about 33 km away. Pithoragarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tarakot (3.8 km), Khartoli (5.0 km) and Nirtoli (5.0 km).

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

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