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About Toru Village

Toru is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 24 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176090, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176090
Area (hectares) 30.23 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 24
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Toru compares

By the 2011 count Toru is the 192nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 30.23 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1070.

Getting to Toru

Toru is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Toru as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Toru from other places

Toru lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 Toru
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 18 km
District headquarters Kangra 22 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 33 km

Villages closest to Toru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toru village had a population of 43. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Toru village has 24 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toru has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Toru is 176090. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toru covers 30.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Toru falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Toru is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Toru.

Toru is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toru is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 1.7 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rakehr (under 2 km), Ghar Lahr (under 2 km) and Tulli (under 2 km).

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

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