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About Turatpur Village

Turatpur is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,549, made up of 784 males and 765 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.54 hectares hectares.

Turatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turatpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Tehsil Dhampur
Area (hectares) 541.54 hectares
Population 1,549
Male Population 784
Female Population 765
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turatpur compares

By the 2011 count Turatpur is the 180th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 541.54 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Turatpur

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

Turatpur lies about 56 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Habibwala, about 25 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 Turatpur
Nearest town Afzalgarh 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhampur 25 km
Nearest railway station Habibwala 25 km
District headquarters Bijnor 56 km

Villages closest to Turatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turatpur village had a population of 1,549. That makes it the 180th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Turatpur village has 784 males and 765 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turatpur has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Turatpur covers 541.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turatpur falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turatpur is Habibwala, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Turatpur.

Turatpur is about 56 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turatpur is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Afzalgarh is about 8.2 km away. Dhampur is about 25 km away. Habibwala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Momin Nagar (2.1 km), Bamnoli (3.0 km) and Islam Nagar (3.2 km).

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

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