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About Torur Village

Torur is a mid sized village in Shiggaon tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 665, made up of 336 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Haveri
Tehsil Shiggaon
Pincode 581203
Area (hectares) 376.02 hectares
Population 665
Male Population 336
Female Population 329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Torur compares

By the 2011 count Torur is the 66th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents. Its 376.02 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Torur

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

Torur lies about 30 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Kalsur, about 27 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 Torur
Tehsil headquarters Shiggaon 11 km
Nearest railway station Kalsur 27 km
District headquarters Haveri 30 km

Villages closest to Torur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torur village had a population of 665. That makes it the 66th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents.

Torur village has 336 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Torur is 581203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torur covers 376.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Torur falls under Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Torur is Kalsur, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Torur.

Torur is about 30 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torur is in Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district. Shiggaon is about 11 km away. Kalsur is about 27 km away. Haveri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalkatti (1.8 km), Muglikatti (2.0 km) and Manchinkop (2.0 km).

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

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