About Turer Village

Turer is a small village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 167 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turer village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bhandaria
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	687 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	167
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
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 Turer compares

By the 2011 count Turer is the 50th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 687 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Turer

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

Turer lies about 60 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 23 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 Turer
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandaria	21 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	23 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	43 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	60 km

Villages closest to Turer

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turer village had a population of 312. That makes it the 50th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Turer village has 167 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turer has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Turer is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turer covers 687 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turer falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turer is Barwadih Junction, about 23 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 Turer.

Turer is about 60 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turer is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Bhandaria is about 21 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 23 km away. Medininagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.