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About Toyar Village

Toyar is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,162, made up of 532 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,184 females per 1000 males. The village covers 965.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toyar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 965.42 hectares
Population 1,162
Male Population 532
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,184
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Toyar compares

By the 2011 count Toyar is the 27th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 965.42 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Toyar

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

Toyar lies about 47 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 7.7 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 Toyar
Nearest railway station Kaklur 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohandiguda 35 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 44 km
District headquarters Bastar 47 km

Villages closest to Toyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toyar village had a population of 1,162. That makes it the 27th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Toyar village has 532 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toyar has about 1184 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Toyar is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toyar covers 965.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Toyar falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Toyar is Kaklur, about 7.7 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 village for Toyar.

Toyar is about 47 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toyar is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Kaklur is about 7.7 km away. Lohandiguda is about 35 km away. Jagdalpur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadara (7.7 km), Adwal (9.3 km) and Surgudabodenar (14 km).

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

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