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About Turi Village

Turi is a small village in Chatra tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 252 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Chatra
Pincode 825401
Area (hectares) 468.79 hectares
Population 489
Male Population 252
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
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 Turi compares

By the 2011 count Turi is the 71st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 605 residents. Its 468.79 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Turi

Turi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Turi 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 Turi from other places

Turi lies about 13 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, 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 Turi
Tehsil headquarters Chatra 13 km
Nearest town Chatrā 13 km
Nearest railway station Shivpur 22 km

Villages closest to Turi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turi village had a population of 489. That makes it the 71st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 605 residents.

Turi village has 252 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turi has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Turi is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turi covers 468.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turi falls under Chatra tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turi is Shivpur, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Turi.

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

Turi is in Chatra tehsil of Chatra district. Chatra is about 13 km away. Chatrā is about 13 km away. Shivpur 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 Gorra (3.2 km), Kanaudi (3.3 km) and Lupunga (3.4 km).

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

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