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Surin is 457 kilometers far from Bangkok by car and 420 kilometers by train, and is 194 kilometers far from Nakhon Ratchasima by car and 170 kilometers by train. Surin covers a total area of 8,124 square kilometers and is divided into 13 districts and 3 sub-districts: Muang Surin, Buachet, Chom Phra, Chumphon Buri, Kap Choeng, Lamduan, Rattanaburi, Samrong Thap, Sangkha, Sikhoraphum, Tha Tum, Prasat, Sanom, Phanom Dong Rak sub-district, Sri Narong sub-district, Noen Narai sub-district and Khaow Sinarin sub-district.

Boundaries

North:      Roi Et
South:     Cambodia, Prachin Buri and Nakhon Nayok
East:       Si Sa Ket
West:      Buri Ram


Key statistics of population and households of Surin

(From Population and Housing Census 2000)

Items

Demographic characteristics  
Total population (’000)

1,327.90

Population in Municpal Area (%)

7.9

Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)

98.9

Median age

27.5

Population by age group

0-14 years (%)

29.3

15-59 years (%)

60.9

60 years and over (%)

9.8

Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)

 

Total

64.1

0-14 years

48.1

60 years and over

16

Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM)

 

Males

26.8

Females

22.9

Thai nationality (%)

99.5

Buddhism (%)

99.3

Minority population

 

Muslims (%)

0.1

Population Speaking Khmer (%)

47.2

Education

 

Average years of education attainment of population aged 15    years and over

6

Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)

37.3

Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over

 

During last year industry

 

Population in the agricultural sectors (%)

83.6

Work status (%)

-

Employers

0.3

Own account worker 35.8
Employees 13.8
Unpaid family workers 49.9
Members of producers’ cooperatives 0.2
Fertility

 

Mean number of children ever born (per ever married woman 15- 49 years) 2.31

Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)

2.23
Migration

 

Five-year migration (1995-2000)

 

Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) 2.5
Lifetime migration

 

Population who were not living in province of birth (%) 7.2
Housing characteristics

 

Average household size 4.1
Female headed households(%) 24.2
 

Percentage

Age group Total

Males

Females Total Males Females

Total

1,327,901

660,288

667,613

100

100

100

0-4

125,642

65,149

60,493

9.5

9.9

9.1

5-9

136,593

70,527

66,066

10.3

10.7

9.9

10-14

126,958

65,303

61,655

9.6

9.9

9.2

15-19

119,853

63,120

56,733

9

9.6

8.5

20-24

94,192

49,831

44,361

7.1

7.5

6.6

25-29

101,365

50,042

51,323

7.6

7.6

7.7

30-34

103,755

50,896

52,859

7.8

7.7

7.9

35-39

103,332

50,471

52,851

7.8

7.6

7.9

40-44

91,000

44,315

46,685

6.9

6.7

7

45-49

76,916

37,138

39,778

5.8

5.6

6

50-54

65,364

31,157

34,207

4.9

4.7

5.1

55-59

53,424

24,775

28,649

4

3.8

4.3

60-64

43,823

20,010

23,813

3.3

3

3.6

65-69

35,204

15,814

19,390

2.7

2.4

2.9

70-74

23,973

10,608

13,365

1.8

1.6

2

75-79

14,429

6,256

8,173

1.1

0.9

1.2

80-84

7,365

3,034

4,331

0.6

0.5

0.6

85 and over

4,723

1,842

2,881

0.4

0.3

0.4


 
Total Population

1,392,229

Males 696,355
Females 695,874

Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :

Family Planning
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate 84.49
Maternal and Child Health
Infant Mortality Rate 8.43 : 1,000 live births
Perinatal mortality rate 9.35 : 1,000 total births
Maternal mortality ratio 0.00 : 100,000 live births
Birth asphyxia rate 44.30 : 1,000 live births
Low birth weight  9.02%
Rate of anemia in pregnant women 17.82%
Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years 7.02%
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women 0.70%
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in Children aged less than 2 years 22.27%
AIDS case rate 8.83: 100,000 population