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About Torke Village

Torke is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 650 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581344, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torke village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Kumta
Pincode 581344
Area (hectares) 247.99 hectares
Population 1,306
Male Population 650
Female Population 656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Torke compares

By the 2011 count Torke is the 28th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 247.99 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Torke

Torke is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Torke as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Torke from other places

Torke lies about 24 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gokarna Road, about 3.2 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 Torke
Nearest railway station Gokarna Road 3.2 km
Nearest town Gokarna 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kumta 16 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 24 km

Villages closest to Torke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Torke village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 28th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Torke village has 650 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torke has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Torke is 581344. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torke covers 247.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Torke falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Torke is Gokarna Road, about 3.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Torke.

Torke is about 24 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torke is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Gokarna Road is about 3.2 km away. Gokarna is about 4.1 km away. Kumta is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Toregazani (under 2 km), Hoskeri (3.0 km) and Madangeri (3.1 km).

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

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