About Torkara Village

Torkara is a small village in Bhattiyat tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 291, made up of 144 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torkara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhattiyat
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	124.43 hectares
Population	291
Male Population	144
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Torkara compares

By the 2011 count Torkara is the 55th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 124.43 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Torkara

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

Torkara lies about 20 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Torkara
Tehsil headquarters	Bhattiyat	20 km
District headquarters	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	22 km

Villages closest to Torkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torkara village had a population of 291. That makes it the 55th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Torkara village has 144 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torkara has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Torkara is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torkara covers 124.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torkara falls under Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Torkara is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Torkara.

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

Torkara is in Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district. Bhattiyat is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.