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About Roro Village

Roro is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 604 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.87 hectares hectares.

Roro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Roro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 341.87 hectares
Population 1,183
Male Population 604
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Roro compares

By the 2011 count Roro is the 25th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 341.87 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Roro

Roro is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Roro as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Roro from other places

Roro lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 10 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 Roro
Nearest railway station Karra 10 km
District headquarters Khunti 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 13 km

Villages closest to Roro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Roro village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 25th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Roro village has 604 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Roro has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Roro covers 341.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Roro falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Roro is Karra, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Roro.

Roro is about 13 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Roro is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 13 km away. Torpa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Botlo (under 2 km), Pandra (under 2 km) and Okra (under 2 km).

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

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