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About Torxem Village

Torxem is a large village in Pernem tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,405, made up of 1,233 males and 1,172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 995.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torxem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torxem village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Pernem
Pincode 403512
Area (hectares) 995.71 hectares
Population 2,405
Male Population 1,233
Female Population 1,172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Torxem compares

By the 2011 count Torxem is the 9th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 995.71 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Torxem

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

Torxem lies about 29 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 4.6 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 Torxem
Nearest railway station Madure 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pernem 8.9 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 14 km
District headquarters North Goa 29 km

Villages closest to Torxem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torxem village had a population of 2,405. That makes it the 9th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Torxem village has 1,233 males and 1,172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torxem has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Torxem is 403512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torxem covers 995.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torxem falls under Pernem tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Torxem is Madure, about 4.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Torxem.

Torxem is about 29 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torxem is in Pernem tehsil of North Goa district. Madure is about 4.6 km away. Pernem is about 8.9 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tamboxem (2.9 km), Mopa (3.7 km) and Uguem (4.1 km).

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

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