About Turigara Village

Turigara is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,182, made up of 575 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 701 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turigara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turigara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	701 hectares
Population	1,182
Male Population	575
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turigara compares

By the 2011 count Turigara is the 26th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 701 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Turigara

Turigara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turigara 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 Turigara from other places

Turigara lies about 37 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 5.6 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 Turigara
Nearest railway station	Pakra	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	12 km
District headquarters	Khunti	37 km

Villages closest to Turigara

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.

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Common questions about Turigara

As per the Census of India 2011, Turigara village had a population of 1,182. That makes it the 26th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Turigara village has 575 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turigara has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Turigara covers 701 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.

Turigara falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turigara is Pakra, about 5.6 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 Turigara.

Turigara is about 37 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turigara is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Pakra is about 5.6 km away. Torpa is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.