About Turi Village

Turi is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 29 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	54.57 hectares
Population	84
Male Population	29
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turi compares

By the 2011 count Turi is the 237th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 54.57 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1228.

Getting to Turi

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

Turi lies about 5.0 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 42 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 Turi
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	5.0 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	5.0 km
Nearest town	Tehri	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	42 km

Villages closest to Turi

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

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Common questions about Turi

As per the Census of India 2011, Turi village had a population of 84. That makes it the 237th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Turi village has 29 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turi has about 1897 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Turi is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turi covers 54.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turi falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Turi is Rishikesh, about 42 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 Turi.

Turi is about 5.0 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 5.0 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.0 km away. Tehri is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.