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About Toriya Village

Toriya is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 117 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389.14 hectares hectares.

Toriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Kolaras
Area (hectares) 389.14 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 117
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
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 160th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 389.14 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

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 Kolaras 16 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 Kolaras 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 216. That makes it the 160th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Toriya village has 117 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toriya has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Toriya covers 389.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Toriya falls under Kolaras 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 Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 7.1 km away. Kolaras is about 16 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 Barkhedi (under 2 km), Rachhi (1.8 km) and Keldhar (2.3 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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