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
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
India
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state
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of
Jharkhand
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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 th ...
, 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 . 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 zone, East Central Railway. The place is locally known as Sariya (or Suriya), in Suriya (community development block), Sariya CD Block in Bagodar-Saria subdivi ...
is on the
Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the
Grand Chord
Grand Chord is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur railway station, Sitarampur, (Asansol) (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (Uttar Pradesh), previous ...
,
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 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.
+2 Sardar Ram Singh Sripati Ram(SRSSR) High school is SURIYA is located in main city of suriya. It is a boys High school and it's offers courses , High School ( 9th and 10th , only for boys ) and also Arts , Commerce and Science for both girls and Boys ( +2 level) .
References
{{Giridih District
Villages in Giridih district