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About Turturi Village

Turturi is a large village in Alipurduar II tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,057, made up of 1,065 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turturi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Alipurduar II
Pincode 736206
Area (hectares) 517.08 hectares
Population 2,057
Male Population 1,065
Female Population 992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turturi compares

By the 2011 count Turturi is the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents. Its 517.08 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Turturi

Turturi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turturi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Simlabari, Sobhaganj, Taleswarguri and Tatpara. 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 Turturi

As per the Census of India 2011, Turturi village had a population of 2,057. That makes it the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents.

Turturi village has 1,065 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turturi has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Turturi is 736206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turturi covers 517.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turturi falls under Alipurduar II tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Turturi.

Turturi is in Alipurduar II tehsil of Jalpaiguri 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 Turturi today is likely to be higher.

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