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About Thaukoli Village

Thaukoli is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 404, made up of 178 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,270 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thaukoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thaukoli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Sihunta
Pincode 176207
Area (hectares) 163.68 hectares
Population 404
Male Population 178
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,270
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thaukoli compares

By the 2011 count Thaukoli is the 37th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 163.68 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Thaukoli

Thaukoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thaukoli 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thaukoli from other places

Thaukoli lies about 29 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 Thaukoli
Tehsil headquarters Sihunta 1.5 km
Nearest railway station Balle Da Pir Larth 19 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 22 km
District headquarters Chamba 29 km

Villages closest to Thaukoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thaukoli village had a population of 404. That makes it the 37th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Thaukoli village has 178 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thaukoli has about 1270 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Thaukoli is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thaukoli covers 163.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thaukoli falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thaukoli is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Thaukoli.

Thaukoli is about 29 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thaukoli is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 1.5 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 19 km away. Dharamsala is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarog (under 2 km), Kasba Sihunta (1.5 km) and Sihunta Jarei (1.5 km).

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

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