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Suraj Population - Mahesana, Gujarat

Suraj is a medium size village located in Becharaji Taluka of Mahesana district, Gujarat with total 321 families residing. The Suraj village has population of 1775 of which 930 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Suraj village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 14.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Suraj village is 909 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Suraj as per census is 1066, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Suraj village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Suraj village was 65.64 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Suraj Male literacy stands at 80.22 % while female literacy rate was 49.16 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Suraj village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Suraj village.

Suraj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 321 - -
Population 1,775 930 845
Child (0-6) 250 121 129
Schedule Caste 178 81 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.64 % 80.22 % 49.16 %
Total Workers 905 548 357
Main Worker 663 - -
Marginal Worker 242 12 230

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.03 % of total population in Suraj village. The village Suraj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Suraj village out of total population, 905 were engaged in work activities. 73.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 905 workers engaged in Main Work, 578 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.