Surguja is a district in Chhattisgarh State of India. It has a total of 7 Tehsils in this district. The district has an total area of 15,732 sq km. There are 16 towns and 1,750 villages in this district.
As per census Surguja has a population of 2,359,886 in 2011 out of which 1,193,129 are male and 1,166,757 are female. Population of Surguja in 2020/2021 is 2,609,926(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,187,941 out of 694,686 are male and 493,255 are female. People living in Surguja depend on multiple skills, total workers are 1,155,807 out of which men are 649,888 and women are 505,919. Total 316,824 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 246,740 are cultivated by men and 70,084 are women. 168,037 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 105,981 and 62,056 are women. Surguja sex ratio is 978 females per 1000 of males. Next Surguja Census will be in 2021.
The district has an total area of 15,732 sq km., 154 sq km is urban and 15578 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 2,619,474 in the district, 242,921 are in urban area and 2,116,965 are in rural area. 49,582 households are in urban, 476,467 are in rural area. 179,543 literate people are in urban, 1,008,398 are in rural area.
Geography of Surguja
Languages spoken are Hindi
| Tehsils | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMBIKAPUR | 167,268 | 84,501 | 82,767 | 38,145 |
| LAKHANPUR | 112,699 | 56,610 | 56,089 | 26,946 |
| Udaypur | 78,918 | 39,780 | 39,138 | 18,029 |
| LUNDRA | 119,800 | 60,457 | 59,343 | 27,455 |
| Batouli | 70,244 | 35,094 | 35,150 | 16,419 |
| SITAPUR | 86,770 | 43,134 | 43,636 | 19,410 |