| Surapur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.2039°N 76.0797°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 251 |
| Population Total: | 1629[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 769/860 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144506 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01884 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Mahil Gailan (S.O)[2] |
Surapur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from sub post office Mahil Gailan, from Nawanshahr, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Surapur has a total number of 355 houses and population of 1629 of which 769 include are males while 860 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Surapur is 78.94% higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 133 which is 8.16% of total population of Surapur, and child sex ratio is approximately 1180 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
The population consist of obc which constitutes 100% of total population in Surapur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 502 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Surapur which includes 465 males and 37 females. According to census survey report 2011, 80.08% workers describe their work as main work and 19.92% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with secondary school established in 1965.[6] [7] The school provide mid-day meal per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is . The village is away from Chandigarh University, from Indian Institute of Technology and away from Lovely Professional University.
Nawanshahr train station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.[9]