Census town · Ganjam district
Surala
Surala is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Ganjam district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 8,258 people in 1,719 households.
- Population (2011)
- 8,258
- Literacy
- 61.7%
- Area
- 2.55 km²
- Sub-district
- Golanthara
- Census town code
- 412726
People and work in Surala
- Population
- 8,258
- 4,182 male · 4,076 female
- Households
- 1,719
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 61.7%
- men 80.8% · women 42.0%below urban Ganjam (83.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 975
- above urban Ganjam (941)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,023
- People per km²
- 3,238
- Scheduled Castes
- 5,761 (69.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3 (0.0%)
What the 3,487 workers did
- Cultivators170 (4.9%)
- Agricultural labourers65 (1.9%)
- Household industry40 (1.1%)
- Other work2,377 (68.2%)
- Marginal workers835 (23.9%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 2.55 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Chikiti
- Annual rainfall
- 1,253.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 200 km by road
- District headquarters
- Chhatrapur, 60 km
- Nearest railway station
- Surla Road (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 25 km
- Roads
- 12 km pucca, 30 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Ichapuram, 10 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 520
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 3
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Ganjam
- Brahmapur
- Hinjilicut
- Polasara
- Chhatrapur
- Asika
- Bhanjanagar
- Kabisurjyanagar
- Lochapada
- Purusottampur
- Buguda
- Surada
- Kodala
- Digapahandi
- Khalikote
- Rambha
- Ganjam
- Chikiti
- Bellaguntha
- Bhabinipur
- Arjyapalli
- Suvani
- Kukudakhandi
- Gopalpur
- Lalsingi
- Badagada
- Sheragada
- Agastinuagan
- Golabandha
- Pathar
- Patrapur
- Kullada
- Badakodanda
- Palurgada
- Makundapur
- Borigam
- Pitala
- Venkatraipur
- Mundamarai
See also: Golanthara sub-district · People of Ganjam district
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