About Turbunga Village

Turbunga is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,346, made up of 661 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turbunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turbunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	815 hectares
Population	1,346
Male Population	661
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
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 Turbunga compares

By the 2011 count Turbunga is the 16th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 815 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Turbunga

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

Turbunga lies about 43 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bano, about 13 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 Turbunga
Nearest railway station	Bano	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	15 km
Nearest town	Simdega	34 km
District headquarters	Gumla	43 km

Villages closest to Turbunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turbunga village had a population of 1,346. That makes it the 16th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Turbunga village has 661 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turbunga has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Turbunga is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turbunga covers 815 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turbunga falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turbunga is Bano, about 13 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 Turbunga.

Turbunga is about 43 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turbunga is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Bano is about 13 km away. Basia is about 15 km away. Simdega is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.