About Torra Village

Torra is a mid sized village in Jaridih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,264, made up of 681 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares.

Torra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Jaridih
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	1,264
Male Population	681
Female Population	583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Torra compares

By the 2011 count Torra is the 23rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Torra

Torra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Torra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Torra from other places

Torra lies about 29 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Barlanga, 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 Torra
Nearest railway station	Barlanga	12 km
Nearest town	Chas	28 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaridih	29 km

Villages closest to Torra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torra village had a population of 1,264. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents.

Torra village has 681 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torra has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Torra covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Torra falls under Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Torra is Barlanga, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Torra.

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

Torra is in Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district. Barlanga is about 12 km away. Chas is about 28 km away. Bokaro is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.