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About Toranga Village

Toranga is a small village in Tamar I tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 124 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toranga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Tamar I
Pincode 835225
Area (hectares) 94.3 hectares
Population 239
Male Population 124
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Toranga compares

By the 2011 count Toranga is the 113th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 94.3 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Toranga

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

Toranga lies about 58 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Tiraldih, about 24 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 Toranga
Tehsil headquarters Tamar I 20 km
Nearest town Būndu 23 km
Nearest railway station Tiraldih 24 km
District headquarters Ranchi 58 km

Villages closest to Toranga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tamar I 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 Toranga

As per the Census of India 2011, Toranga village had a population of 239. That makes it the 113th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Toranga village has 124 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toranga has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Toranga is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toranga covers 94.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Toranga falls under Tamar I tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Toranga is Tiraldih, about 24 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 - 10 km distance for Toranga.

Toranga is about 58 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toranga is in Tamar I tehsil of Ranchi district. Tamar I is about 20 km away. Būndu is about 23 km away. Tiraldih is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kothadih (under 2 km), Parasi (2.3 km) and Gondadih (2.4 km).

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

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