# Surtapur Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Surtapur

Surtapur is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,958 people in 409 households**, the 59th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,958people (2011)
- 409households
- 75.9%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surtapur

Of every 100 households in Surtapur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Surtapur · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**80%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****82%**

**77%

Television ****44%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****90%**

**99%

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 Surtapur?

■ Surtapur · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**911

Working population ****35.5%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 65.0% for women. 47% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (11%) · **■** Household industry 67 (6%) · **■** Other work 332 (32%) · **■** Marginal 425 (40%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Ramauli3,061 people
- Ukani_Viram Rai3,024 people
- Tenwar3,019 people
- Madhopur2,983 people
- Khandwari2,941 people
- Diya2,865 people
- Sarai2,858 people
- Medhan2,834 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surtapur?2,958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surtapur in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Surtapur?75.9% (Census 2011)