About Turanga Village

Turanga is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 562 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turanga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Pusour
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	332.67 hectares
Population	1,100
Male Population	562
Female Population	538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turanga compares

By the 2011 count Turanga is the 42nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 332.67 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Turanga

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

Turanga lies about 20 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 19 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 Turanga
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pusour	20 km

Villages closest to Turanga

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 Turanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Turanga village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Turanga village has 562 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turanga has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Turanga is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turanga covers 332.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turanga falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Turanga is Raigarh, about 19 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 Turanga.

Turanga is about 20 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turanga is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 19 km away. Pusour is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.