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About Thangan Village

Thangan is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,977, made up of 1,016 males and 961 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thangan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 495688
Area (hectares) 399.9 hectares
Population 1,977
Male Population 1,016
Female Population 961
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thangan compares

By the 2011 count Thangan is the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 399.9 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Thangan

Thangan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Thangan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thangan from other places

Thangan lies about 54 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 22 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 Thangan
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Kharsia 22 km
Nearest town Saktī 28 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 54 km

Villages closest to Thangan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thangan village had a population of 1,977. That makes it the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Thangan village has 1,016 males and 961 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thangan has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Thangan is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thangan covers 399.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thangan falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Thangan is Kharsia, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Thangan is about 54 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thangan is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 2.8 km away. Kharsia is about 22 km away. Saktī is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rambhatha (1.7 km), Kusumjhar (2.3 km) and Khodhar (2.7 km).

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

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