About Surjapur Village

Surjapur is a mid sized village in Ratua I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 579 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surjapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surjapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Ratua I
Pincode	732205
Area (hectares)	119.28 hectares
Population	1,082
Male Population	579
Female Population	503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Surjapur compares

By the 2011 count Surjapur is the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents. Its 119.28 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Surjapur

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

Surjapur lies about 31 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Jamirghata, about 1.9 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 Surjapur
Nearest railway station	Jamirghata	1.9 km
Nearest town	Malda	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ratua I	31 km
District headquarters	Maldah	31 km

Villages closest to Surjapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ratua I 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 Surjapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Surjapur village had a population of 1,082. That makes it the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents.

Surjapur village has 579 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surjapur has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Surjapur is 732205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surjapur covers 119.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surjapur falls under Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Surjapur is Jamirghata, about 1.9 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 Surjapur.

Surjapur is about 31 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surjapur is in Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district. Jamirghata is about 1.9 km away. Malda is about 12 km away. Ratua I is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.