About Turu Village

Turu is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 333 males and 312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 816.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	816.27 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	333
Female Population	312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
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 Turu compares

By the 2011 count Turu is the 62nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 816.27 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Turu

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

Turu lies about 9.9 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Manikui, about 15 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 Turu
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	14 km
Nearest railway station	Manikui	15 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	27 km

Villages closest to Turu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turu village had a population of 645. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Turu village has 333 males and 312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turu has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Turu is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turu covers 816.27 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.

Turu falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turu is Manikui, about 15 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 Turu.

Turu is about 9.9 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turu is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 9.9 km away. Chandil is about 14 km away. Manikui is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.