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About Turi Village

Turi is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 767, made up of 391 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 832107
Area (hectares) 167.51 hectares
Population 767
Male Population 391
Female Population 376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Turi compares

By the 2011 count Turi is the 82nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 167.51 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 1003.

Getting to Turi

The census records public bus service for Turi as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turi from other places

Turi lies about 83 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 4.3 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 Turi
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Potka 8.7 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 19 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 83 km

Villages closest to Turi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turi village had a population of 767. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Turi village has 391 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turi has about 962 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 1003.

The pincode recorded for Turi is 832107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turi covers 167.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turi falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turi is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Turi.

Turi is about 83 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turi is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 4.3 km away. Potka is about 8.7 km away. Chakradharpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nuagaon (1.6 km), Jojodih (1.7 km) and Barasai Alias Rangamatiya (2.3 km).

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

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