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About Toranwala Village

Toranwala is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 27 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toranwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toranwala village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174101
Area (hectares) 62.83 hectares
Population 54
Male Population 27
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Toranwala compares

By the 2011 count Toranwala is the 241st largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 62.83 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Toranwala

The census records public bus service for Toranwala 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Toranwala from other places

Toranwala lies about 45 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 6.4 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 Toranwala
Nearest railway station Ghanauli 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 7.7 km
Nearest town Ropar 13 km
District headquarters Solan 45 km

Villages closest to Toranwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toranwala village had a population of 54. That makes it the 241st largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Toranwala village has 27 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toranwala has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Toranwala is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toranwala covers 62.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Toranwala falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Toranwala is Ghanauli, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Toranwala.

Toranwala is about 45 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toranwala is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Ghanauli is about 6.4 km away. Nalagarh is about 7.7 km away. Ropar 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 Garjewal (under 2 km), Jhiran (under 2 km) and Ghihar (under 2 km).

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

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