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About Turga Village

Turga is a small village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 180 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares.

Turga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turga village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 190 hectares
Population 367
Male Population 180
Female Population 187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turga compares

By the 2011 count Turga is the 127th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Turga

Turga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Turga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Turga from other places

Turga lies about 56 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Gangatola, about 5.3 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 Turga
Nearest railway station Gangatola 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 10 km
Nearest town Nainpur 13 km
District headquarters Seoni 56 km

Villages closest to Turga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turga village had a population of 367. That makes it the 127th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Turga village has 180 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turga has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Turga covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turga falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turga is Gangatola, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance for Turga.

Turga is about 56 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turga is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Gangatola is about 5.3 km away. Keolari is about 10 km away. Nainpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipardaun (2.2 km), Aloni Khapa Mal (2.5 km) and Aloni Khapa Ryt (2.5 km).

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

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