# Surgaon Village, Gondpipri, Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

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Village · Gondpipri, Chandrapur 

# Surgaon

Surgaon is a village in Gondpipri sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **492 people in 133 households**, the 53rd largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 492people (2011)
- 133households
- 76.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Surgaon PIN code and other codes

Surgaon falls in Gondpipri sub-district, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockGondpipri
- Census village code541886

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Surgaon from nearby towns?

- Gondpipri (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)65 km by road
- Ballarpur (nearest town)49 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Surgaon?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Surgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gondpimpri
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gondpimpri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chandrapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Surgaon known for?

About 77% of the 309 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Surgaon

Of every 100 households in Surgaon in 2011, 56 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Surgaon · ■ Gondpipri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**64%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**48%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Surgaon?

■ Surgaon · ■ Gondpipri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**1006

Working population ****54.7%**

**57.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 67.6% for women. 56% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (37%) · **■** Other work 17 (6%) · **■** Marginal 130 (48%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gondpipri

- Chak Sukwasi599 people
- Chak Nandgaon576 people
- Vihirgaon543 people
- Ganpur495 people
- Chak Gojoti474 people
- Nandgaon464 people
- Dhamanpeth463 people
- Arvi456 people

[All 97 villages in Gondpipri](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/chandrapur/gondpipri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Surgaon from Chandrapur?65 km by road
- What is the population of Surgaon?492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surgaon in?Chandrapur district (Gondpipri sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Surgaon?76.8% (Census 2011)