About Torna Village

Torna is a small village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 161 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torna village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Pusour
Pincode	496100
Area (hectares)	163.87 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	161
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Torna compares

By the 2011 count Torna is the 131st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 163.87 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Torna

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

Torna lies about 21 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 20 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 Torna
Nearest railway station	Kirodimal Nagar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pusour	21 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	21 km

Villages closest to Torna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torna village had a population of 295. That makes it the 131st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Torna village has 161 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torna has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Torna is 496100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torna covers 163.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Torna falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Torna is Kirodimal Nagar, about 20 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 Torna.

Torna is about 21 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torna is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 20 km away. Pusour is about 21 km away. Raigarh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.