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About Toor Banjara Village

Toor Banjara is a large village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,302, made up of 1,218 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toor Banjara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toor Banjara village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148001
Area (hectares) 574 hectares
Population 2,302
Male Population 1,218
Female Population 1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Toor Banjara compares

By the 2011 count Toor Banjara is the 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 574 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Toor Banjara

Toor Banjara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Toor Banjara as Available within 5 - 10 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 Toor Banjara from other places

Toor Banjara lies about 21 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Chajli, about 16 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 Toor Banjara
Nearest railway station Chajli 16 km
Nearest town Patran 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 17 km
District headquarters Sangrur 21 km

Villages closest to Toor Banjara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sunam 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 Toor Banjara

As per the Census of India 2011, Toor Banjara village had a population of 2,302. That makes it the 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Toor Banjara village has 1,218 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toor Banjara has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Toor Banjara is 148001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toor Banjara covers 574 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Toor Banjara falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Toor Banjara is Chajli, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Toor Banjara.

Toor Banjara is about 21 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toor Banjara is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Chajli is about 16 km away. Patran is about 16 km away. Sunam is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santpura (2.7 km), Dhandoli Khurd (2.8 km) and Janal (3.0 km).

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

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