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About Toner Village

Toner is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 212 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toner Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toner village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Murhu
Pincode 835216
Area (hectares) 236 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 212
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Toner compares

By the 2011 count Toner is the 79th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 236 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Toner

Toner is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Toner as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Toner from other places

Toner lies about 14 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 20 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 Toner
Tehsil headquarters Murhu 6.2 km
District headquarters Khunti 14 km
Nearest railway station Karra 20 km

Villages closest to Toner

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toner village had a population of 421. That makes it the 79th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Toner village has 212 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toner has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Toner is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toner covers 236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Toner falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Toner is Karra, about 20 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Toner.

Toner is about 14 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toner is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 6.2 km away. Khunti is about 14 km away. Karra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balo (under 2 km), Oskeya (1.7 km) and Gangina (1.9 km).

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

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