About Turuktopa Village

Turuktopa is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 121 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turuktopa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turuktopa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	121
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turuktopa compares

By the 2011 count Turuktopa is the 192nd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Turuktopa

Turuktopa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turuktopa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Turuktopa from other places

Turuktopa lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, 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 Turuktopa
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	12 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km

Villages closest to Turuktopa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turuktopa village had a population of 235. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Turuktopa village has 121 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turuktopa has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Turuktopa is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turuktopa covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turuktopa falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turuktopa is Maheshmunda Junction, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Turuktopa.

Turuktopa is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turuktopa is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 3.6 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 12 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.