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About Toorana Village

Toorana is a mid sized village in Bansur tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,801, made up of 934 males and 867 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toorana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toorana village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Bansur
Pincode 301024
Area (hectares) 647 hectares
Population 1,801
Male Population 934
Female Population 867
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
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 Toorana compares

By the 2011 count Toorana is the 46th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents. Its 647 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Toorana

Toorana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Toorana 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 Toorana from other places

Toorana lies about 42 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dabla, about 40 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 Toorana
Nearest town Kotputli 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansur 17 km
Nearest railway station Dabla 40 km
District headquarters Alwar 42 km

Villages closest to Toorana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Toorana village had a population of 1,801. That makes it the 46th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents.

Toorana village has 934 males and 867 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toorana has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Toorana is 301024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toorana covers 647 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Toorana falls under Bansur tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Toorana is Dabla, about 40 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 Toorana.

Toorana is about 42 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toorana is in Bansur tehsil of Alwar district. Kotputli is about 9.8 km away. Bansur is about 17 km away. Dabla is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpura (2.1 km), Naya Bas (3.2 km) and Mandli (3.6 km).

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

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