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About Toriya Village

Toriya is a mid sized village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 816, made up of 427 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares.

Toriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Area (hectares) 326 hectares
Population 816
Male Population 427
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Toriya compares

By the 2011 count Toriya is the 72nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 326 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Toriya

Toriya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Toriya 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Toriya from other places

Toriya lies about 38 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 7.1 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 Toriya
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Badarwas 15 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 38 km

Villages closest to Toriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toriya village had a population of 816. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Toriya village has 427 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toriya has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Toriya covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Toriya falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Toriya is Lukwasa, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Toriya.

Toriya is about 38 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toriya is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 7.1 km away. Badarwas is about 15 km away. Shivpuri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpura (6.9 km), Dhamantook (8.8 km) and Buda Dongar (8.9 km).

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

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