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 Bagodar-Saria subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, ...

of the

Giridih district Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi and Dhanbad ...

in the

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Geography

Location

Suriya is located at . According to the map of Sariya CD block in the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Giridih'', Sariya seems to be a part of Barki Saraiya.

Area overview

Giridih district is a part of the

Chota Nagpur plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...

, 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 Parasnath is a mountain peak in the Parasnath Range. It is located towards the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district of the Indian state of Jharkhand, India. The hill is named after Lord Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthank ...

rises to a height of . The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation. 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.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Sariya CD block are located at Suriya.

Transport

Hazaribagh Road railway station Hazaribagh Road is a railway station on the Grand Chord line of East Central Railway. The place is locally known as Sariya (or Suriya), in Sariya CD Block in Bagodar-Saria subdivision in Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geogr ...

is on the Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the

Grand Chord Grand Chord is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur, (Asansol), (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Uttar Pradesh, previously known as Mughalsarai Jun ...

, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line.

Education

Sariya College was established at Suriya in 1984. It is affiliated with

Vinoba Bhave University Vinoba Bhave University is a central university (India), state university located at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, about 100 km from Ranchi, the state capital. The university offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, ...

and offers courses in arts and commerce. 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.

References

{{Giridih District Villages in Giridih district