About Torand Village

Torand is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 259 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	191.58 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	259
Female Population	270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Torand compares

By the 2011 count Torand is the 71st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 191.58 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Torand

Torand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Torand as Available. 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 Torand from other places

Torand lies about 82 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Torand
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	16 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km
District headquarters	Bastar	82 km

Villages closest to Torand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torand village had a population of 529. That makes it the 71st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Torand village has 259 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torand has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Torand is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torand covers 191.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torand falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Torand is Antagarh, about 49 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Torand.

Torand is about 82 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torand is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 16 km away. Nārāinpur is about 28 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.