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About Taror Village

Taror is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 53 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taror Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taror village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Seoni
Pincode 171018
Area (hectares) 67 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 53
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taror compares

By the 2011 count Taror is the 123rd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 67 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Taror

Taror is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Taror as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Taror from other places

Taror lies about 13 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 12 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 Taror
Tehsil headquarters Seoni 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 12 km
District headquarters Shimla 13 km

Villages closest to Taror

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taror village had a population of 108. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Taror village has 53 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taror has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Taror is 171018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taror covers 67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Taror falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Taror is Summer Hill, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Taror.

Taror is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taror is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 5.3 km away. Summer Hill is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpur (under 2 km), Chaba (1.6 km) and Nadukhar (1.7 km).

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

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