Tofa Towns And Villages
Tofa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, north-western Nigeria, roughly 30 kilometres north-west of Kano city. Its headquarters is Tofa town. The area covers about 202 square kilometres.
Checked 1 August 2026 · Sources: INEC 2015 polling-unit directory, GeoNames, GRID3
The 2006 census counted 98,603 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 162,200. Tofa holds fifteen wards: Dindere, Doka, Gajida, Ginsawa, Jauben Kudu, Janguza, Kwami, Lambu, Langel, Tofa, Unguwar Rimi, Wangara, Yalwa Karama, Yanoko and Yarimawa.
Hausa-Fulani communities farm millet, sorghum, groundnuts and beans across the area, with dry-season vegetable plots along its seasonal fadama lowlands.
The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, and the GeoNames and GRID3 settlement gazetteers:
- Anas
- Babban Gida
- Bakin Kare
- Beche
- Bugai
- Bugayawa
- Daguriba
- Dan Amar
- Danda
- Dansudu
- Dindere
- Doka
- Dokawa
- Duwatsu
- Fadi Sonka
- Fako
- Fanshata
- Farin Ruwa
- Fegin Kankara
- Gajerawa
- Gajida
- Gandu
- Ginsawa
- Gudda
- Hayewa
- Hissata
- Jagaja
- Jama’ar Zailani
- Janguza
- Jarkasa
- Jauben Kudu
- Jigawa
- Kahotara
- Kajure
- Karal Boko
- Kaure
- Kwami
- Lambu
- Langel
- Larabawa
- Launawa
- Mai Gwarje
- Makaurata
- Rinji
- Sabon Gari
- Sabon Gari Katsalle
- Saburawa
- Santar Dankaka
- Sire
- Tabanni
- Taura
- Tofa
- Tudun Malama
- Unguwar Fako
- Unguwar Rimi
- Wangara
- Yalwa Karama
- Yan Garki
- Yan Kuni
- Yandadi
- Yanoko
- Yansabo
- Yarimawa
- Yelwa
- Zangon Kaba
- Zangon Kamfa
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