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About Torar Village

Torar is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 651 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1322.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Simaria
Pincode 825103
Area (hectares) 1322.94 hectares
Population 1,265
Male Population 651
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
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 Torar compares

By the 2011 count Torar is the 32nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 1322.94 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, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Torar

Torar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Torar 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 Torar from other places

Torar lies about 40 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 8.9 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 Torar
Nearest railway station Kansar Nawadah 8.9 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Simaria 28 km
District headquarters Chatra 40 km

Villages closest to Torar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torar village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Torar village has 651 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torar has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Torar is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torar covers 1322.94 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.

Torar falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Torar is Kansar Nawadah, about 8.9 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 Torar.

Torar is about 40 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torar is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Kansar Nawadah is about 8.9 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 16 km away. Simaria is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tibab (1.8 km), Chope (3.2 km) and Birhu (3.5 km).

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

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