About Surta Village

Surta is a small village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 118 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surta village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733201
Area (hectares)	118.97 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	118
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
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 Surta compares

By the 2011 count Surta is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 118.97 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Surta

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

Surta lies about 5.7 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 6.2 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 Surta
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	11 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	23 km

Villages closest to Surta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surta village had a population of 240. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Surta village has 118 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surta has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Surta is 733201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surta covers 118.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surta falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Surta is Surja Kama, about 6.2 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 Surta.

Surta is about 5.7 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surta is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about 5.7 km away. Surja Kama is about 6.2 km away. Karandighi is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.