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About Torar Village

Torar is a small village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 191 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 532 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Chandwa
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 532 hectares
Population 401
Male Population 191
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
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 Torar compares

By the 2011 count Torar is the 62nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 532 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 967.

Getting to Torar

Torar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Torar 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 Torar from other places

Torar lies about 33 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Mahuamilan, about 6.1 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 Torar
Nearest railway station Mahuamilan 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwa 8.8 km
Nearest town Khalāri 22 km
District headquarters Latehar 33 km

Villages closest to Torar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torar village had a population of 401. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Torar village has 191 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torar has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Torar is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torar covers 532 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Torar falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Torar is Mahuamilan, about 6.1 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 Torar.

Torar is about 33 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torar is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuamilan is about 6.1 km away. Chandwa is about 8.8 km away. Khalāri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amjharia (2.2 km), Bairgara (2.4 km) and Ganiari (2.9 km).

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

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