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About Tori Kalan Village

Tori Kalan is a mid sized village in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,052, made up of 548 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tori Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tori Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Dandai
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 93 hectares
Population 1,052
Male Population 548
Female Population 504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
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 Tori Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tori Kalan is the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Tori Kalan

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

Tori Kalan lies about 17 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 14 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 Tori Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Dandai 8.3 km
Nearest railway station Meralgram 14 km
District headquarters Garhwa 17 km

Villages closest to Tori Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dandai 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 Tori Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tori Kalan village had a population of 1,052. That makes it the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Tori Kalan village has 548 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tori Kalan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Tori Kalan is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tori Kalan covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Tori Kalan falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tori Kalan is Meralgram, about 14 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 Tori Kalan.

Tori Kalan is about 17 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tori Kalan is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about 8.3 km away. Meralgram is about 14 km away. Garhwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaprat (under 2 km), Sikariya (under 2 km) and Nawadih (under 2 km).

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

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