# Suraj Village, Mat, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mat, Mathura 

# Suraj

Suraj is a village in Mat sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,285 people in 390 households**, the 66th largest of 201 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 2,285people (2011)
- 390households
- 80.5%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Suraj

Of every 100 households in Suraj in 2011, 53 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Suraj · ■ Mat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**69%

Television ****65%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Suraj?

■ Suraj · ■ Mat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**869

Working population ****41.7%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 64.1% for women. 42% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (7%) · **■** Household industry 47 (5%) · **■** Other work 147 (15%) · **■** Marginal 518 (54%)

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 Mat

- Chhinparai Banger2,372 people
- Bhairai Banger2,367 people
- Nagal2,347 people
- Birbal2,346 people
- Pirsuwa2,251 people
- Bhankerpur Basela2,238 people
- Firozpur Banger2,169 people
- Iroli Gujar Bangar2,162 people

[All 267 villages in Mat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Suraj?2,285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Suraj in?Mathura district (Mat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Suraj?80.5% (Census 2011)