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About Turpi Village

Turpi is a mid sized village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 555 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turpi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turpi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Sadar
Pincode 766011
Area (hectares) 666 hectares
Population 1,156
Male Population 555
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turpi compares

By the 2011 count Turpi is the 28th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 666 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Turpi

Turpi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Turpi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Thuapadar, Tikirapada, Tilajodi and Trisulmunda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Turpi

As per the Census of India 2011, Turpi village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 28th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 501 residents.

Turpi village has 555 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turpi has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Turpi is 766011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turpi covers 666 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turpi falls under Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Turpi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Turpi.

Turpi is in Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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