Suriya, Giridih

Suriya is an inhabited place not identified as a separate place in the 2011 census, in the Sariya CD block in the Bagodar-Saria subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Suriya Hazaribagh Road railway station
Village
Suriya Location in Jharkhand, India Suriya Suriya (India)
Coordinates: 24.184361°N 85.891528°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Languages (*For language details see Sariya (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825320 (Suriya)
Telephone/ STD code	06557
Lok Sabha constituency	Kodarma
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bagodar
Website	giridih.nic.in

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Giridih district in North Chotanagpur Division M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious/ tourist centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Suriya is located at 24.184361°N 85.891528°E.

According to the map of Sariya CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011, Giridih, Sariya seems to be a part of Barki Saraiya. [1]

Area overview

Giridih district is a part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, with rocky soil and extensive forests. Most of the rivers in the district flow from the west to east, except in the northern portion where the rivers flow north and north west. The Pareshnath Hill rises to a height of 4,479 feet (1,365 m). The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation.[2][3][4]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

Police station

Suriya police station has jurisdiction over the Sariya CD block.[5]

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Sariya CD block are located at Suriya.[6][7]

Transport

Hazaribagh Road railway station is on the Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the Grand Chord, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line.[8]

Education

Sariya College was established at Suriya in 1984. It is affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University and offers courses in arts and commerce.[9][10][11]

SRK DAV Public School is situated near Bagodih Suriya and affiliated with CBSE New Delhi. It has facilities for teaching from LKG to class XII.[12]

References

1. "District Census Handbook Girirdh, Part A" (PDF). Page 150: Map of Sariya CD block. Jharkand Census. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
2. "District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Natural Divisions, Forests: pages 8 and 9. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
3. "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
4. "District Statistical Handbook, Giridih". Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.6. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
5. "District Statistical Handbook, Giridih". Tables 2.1, 2.4. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
6. "2011 District Census Handbook Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map on Page 3. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
7. "Giridih". District Administration, Giridih. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
8. "53521 => 63553 Asansol-Varanasi MEMU". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
9. "Sariya College". SC. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
10. "Colleges under VBU". Vinoba Bhave University. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
11. "Sariya College, Sariya". way2college. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
12. "Welcome To SRI RAMKRISHNA DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL". davsuriya.com. Retrieved 3 December 2019.