The Surankote town is situated at the bottom of Peer Panchal Hills alongside Jammu Poonch Highway & Mughal Road. It is situated 221 kilometers from Jammu city & 150 kilometers (approximately) from Srinagar City via Mughal Road at 33.04 N & 74.49 E. The Surankote town was declared as Municipal Committee during the year 2010. The Surankote town is situated in the middle of Surankote Tehsil & industrial importance. The peoples from the adjoining hilly areas come to this town for their better livelihood and settled then here permanently. The Municipal Committee Surankote comprises of 13 wards with a population of 6743 as per census 2011 with a floating population of about 40000 daily. It spreads over 2.5 Sq. kilometer.