About Thorsan Village

Thorsan is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,710, made up of 909 males and 801 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares.

Thorsan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thorsan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kargahar
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	1,710
Male Population	909
Female Population	801
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thorsan compares

By the 2011 count Thorsan is the 32nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Thorsan

Thorsan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Thorsan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thorsan from other places

Thorsan lies about 31 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Thorsan
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	11 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kargahar	31 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	31 km

Villages closest to Thorsan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kargahar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Thorsan

As per the Census of India 2011, Thorsan village had a population of 1,710. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Thorsan village has 909 males and 801 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thorsan has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Thorsan covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Thorsan falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Thorsan is Barkisalaiya, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Thorsan.

Thorsan is about 31 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thorsan is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Barkisalaiya is about 11 km away. Nabīnagar is about 12 km away. Kargahar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.