# Torpha Village, Wadrafnagar, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Wadrafnagar, Surguja 

# Torpha

Torpha is a village in Wadrafnagar sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497225**. The 2011 Census counted **1,092 people in 208 households**, the 60th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,092people (2011)
- 208households
- 41.4%literacy
- 497225PIN code

## Torpha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Torpha is 497225.** Torpha falls in Wadrafnagar sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497225
- Gram panchayatTorpha
- Community development blockWadrafnagar
- Census village code432081

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Torpha from nearby towns?

- Wadrafnagar (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)100 km by road
- Wadrafnagar (nearest town)50 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Torpha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Torpha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ragunathpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Torpha known for?

About 51% of the 374 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Torpha

Of every 100 households in Torpha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Torpha · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**77%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****6%**

**59%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**50%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Torpha?

■ Torpha · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**952

Working population ****59.8%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.8% for men and 31.7% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 531 (81%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Wadrafnagar

- Mithilapur1,139 people
- Lamori1,117 people
- Gondla1,112 people
- Babhani1,098 people
- Rampur1,085 people
- Gaina1,064 people
- Gobara1,036 people
- Premnagar1,034 people

[All 120 villages in Wadrafnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/wadrafnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Torpha?497225
- How far is Torpha from Ambikapur?100 km by road
- What is the population of Torpha?1,092 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Torpha in?Surguja district (Wadrafnagar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Torpha?41.4% (Census 2011)