Surajpur, Chhattisgarh
Surajpur is a Nagar Palika Parishad situated in the bank of Rihand River in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh state in Central India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Surajpur district, located 334 km away from the state's capital city, Raipur. National Highway 43 passes through city and It is well connected to Ranchi, Varanasi, Singrauli via Road, Surajpur Road railway station is connected to major cities like Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, katni, Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg-Bhilai.
Geography
Surajpur is located at. It has an average elevation of.Demography
Surajpur town has a population of 20,189, of which males are 10,430 and females are 9,759 as per the census of India 2011 data. Population of Children under the age of 0-6 is 2649, with 1419 males and 1230 females. Total literacy rate of Surajpur city is 79.89%, male literacy rate is 86.74% and female literacy rate is 72.66%. Sex Ratio is 936 females per 1000 males. Child sex ratio is 867 per 1000 male child under the age of six. Total number of households in Surajpur is 4397.Education
Surajpur has a large scope for education and sports.The city is considered to be a base for higher education.Schools and colleges
The only college for graduation and post-graduation is situated on the east part of Surajpur known as Surajpur Degree College with courses mainly Arts and recently Commerce has come into main frame for the student in Surajpur district.The Government of Chhattisgarh is Planning to Open a school to Provide English Medium Education for the Regional students. Apart from this the Surajpur has a very good education background. Numbers of Hindi and English Medium Schools have come into existence after the formation of Chhattisgarh States
- RHS DIGITAL SCHOOL
- Navodaya Vidyalaya
- Municipal School
- Boys Higher Secondary School
- Girls Higher Secondary School
- Saraswati Shishu Mandir Hr. Secondary School
- Global Public School
- Aadarsh High School
- Sadhu Ram Vidya Mandir
- Pt.Viswanath Memorial School
- Govind Saraswati Shishu Mandir Hr. Secondary School
- Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala School
- Holy Temple Hr. Sec School
- East & West Mission High School
- D.A.V Public School
Transport
Road
Surajpur is linked with both Road and Railways. National Highway 43 Cross to link Katni towards North and Gumla & Ranchi towards east. Surajpur is directly linked to Varanasi Via Bhaiyathan → Pratappur → Renukoot → Robertsganj and is also well connected to Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh → Raipur → Bhilai → Nagpur.Air
is the nearest airport from Surajpur. Surajpur is well connected with Raipur airport. Daily train / Bus are available from/ To Surajpur. The Nearest airport near Surajpur is Raipur. One can take flights from Delhi for Raipur and use the connecting bus or train service directly from Raipur. Almost all major cities of the country are connected through Raipur Airport. Indian Airlines, jet airways and Air India are Providing their Daily Service to all the Major airports of the Country.Rail
Surajpur Railway station is from the City Center. The station provides connection with Bhopal, the state capital of Madhya Pradesh, Raipur, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, the national capital. Bilaspur is the headquarters of Southeast Central Railways and is well connected with mail and super-fast trains from Bhopal, Indore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Gwalior, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Patna, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur, Katni, Kota, Jaipur, Jammu & Hyderabad. Some of the important train connecting Surajpur Road are :- 22407/22408 Hazrat Nizamuddin - Ambikapur SF Express
- 11265/11266 Jabalpur - Ambikapur Express
- 18241/18242 Durg - Ambikapur Express
- 18755/18756 Ambikapur - Shahdol Express
- 18233/18234 Narmada Express between Indore Junction BG to Bilaspur at Anuppur Railway station away from Surajpur station
- 12853/12854 Amarkantak Express between Bhopal and Durg at Anuppur Railway station away from Surajpur station
SURAJPUR ROAD STATION also serves as an Junction for Single Electric Railway line uptoAdani Group operated Parsa kete coal mines of Hasdeo coalfield Region. In future, it'll expand to matin, which is connected to Pendra road- Gevra road Rail line. Through this project, Surajpur Railway Station will be directly connected to Korba and Mumbai-Howrah main line.
Places of interest
Durga Mandir
Durga Mandir is situated at Tilsiva 1 km from Center of Surajpur.This temple is also known as the Mahamaya Temple.
Gaytri Mandir
Gaytri Mandir is one of the famous and oldest temples, situated on the bank of river Rihand at Gayatri Nagar west in Surajpur. It is a temple of Goddess Sarda. Surajpur wakes up with the prayer "Gayatri Mantra", which can be heard at 5:00AM throughout Surajpur. The temple is surrounded by a nursery and parks.Shiv Park
Shiv Park is developed by the local authority after the formation of Chhattisgarh. It is a popular place to hangout. Shiv park is situated on Gayatri Mandir Road at Gayatri Nagar.but Nowadays it became a forest. No one take care of this park.