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About Torana Village

Torana is a mid sized village in Sheosagar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,421, made up of 729 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torana village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sheosagar
Pincode 821111
Area (hectares) 240 hectares
Population 1,421
Male Population 729
Female Population 692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Torana compares

By the 2011 count Torana is the 33rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Torana

Torana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Torana 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Torana from other places

Torana 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 Torana
Nearest railway station Barkisalaiya 11 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sheosagar 31 km
District headquarters Rohtas 31 km

Villages closest to Torana

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

Common questions about Torana

As per the Census of India 2011, Torana village had a population of 1,421. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Torana village has 729 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torana has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Torana is 821111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torana covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torana falls under Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

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

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 Torana.

Torana 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Doriawan (under 2 km), Gorwar (under 2 km) and Nimia (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Torana today is likely to be higher.

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