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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Surajpur is a village in Silao mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 6,294 spread across 1,115 households. The village has a literacy rate of 56.9% and is located at coordinates 26.224°N, 83.607°E with PIN code 803117.
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- LGD code
- 245080
- Pincode
- 803117
- Post office
- Silao
- Population
- 6,294
- Households
- 1,115
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,606
- Distance to district centre
- 261 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 284 km
- Distance to Patna
- 168 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 630 km
- Nearest railway station
- Muradpur · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital RASULPUR · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Surajpur compares
By population, Surajpur ranks #4 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.9%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Surajpur
- 56.9%
- Silao mandal
- 51.9%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−29 vs mandal average
- Surajpur
- 895
- Silao mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Surajpur
- 5.6
- Silao mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Surajpur at a glance
Surajpur is a village of 6,294 people in 1,115 households (Census 2011) in Silao block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 49 villages in Silao block. Literacy is 57%, 5 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. It lies 261 km from the Nalanda district centre, 0 km from Surajpur, the nearest town, 9 km from Muradpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803117, served by Silao post office; the LGD village code is 245080. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital RASULPUR, 2 km away. The village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 7,421 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Surajpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILAO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Surjapur
- Total area (ha)
- 502
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 364.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Surajpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Surajpur
- LGD code
- 245080
- Pincode
- 803117
- Post office
- Silao
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,294
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,421
- Households
- 1,115
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Coordinates
- 26.22380°N, 83.60742°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Block / Mandal
- Silao
Getting there
How to reach Surajpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna168 kmcapital
- Kolkata630 km
- Delhi685 km
- Hyderabad1116 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMuradpur9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital RASULPUR2 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium28 km
- Collegebaba Raghav das Inter college35 km
- Police stationUbhaon Police Station28 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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