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About Torla Village

Torla is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,106, made up of 572 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torla village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pathariya
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 294.93 hectares
Population 1,106
Male Population 572
Female Population 534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Torla compares

By the 2011 count Torla is the 61st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 294.93 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Torla

Torla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Torla as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Torla from other places

Torla lies about 31 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 15 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 Torla
Nearest railway station Dagori 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathariya 16 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 19 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 31 km

Villages closest to Torla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torla village had a population of 1,106. That makes it the 61st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Torla village has 572 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torla has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Torla is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torla covers 294.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torla falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Torla is Dagori, about 15 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 km distance for Torla.

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

Torla is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Dagori is about 15 km away. Pathariya is about 16 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhuadih (under 2 km), Hathkera (under 2 km) and Kacharbod (1.7 km).

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

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