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About Thulel Village

Thulel is a mid sized village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 279 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thulel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thulel village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Sihunta
Pincode 176207
Area (hectares) 189.19 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 279
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thulel compares

By the 2011 count Thulel is the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 189.19 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Thulel

Thulel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thulel 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 Thulel from other places

Thulel lies about 36 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 17 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 Thulel
Tehsil headquarters Sihunta 9.1 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 16 km
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr 17 km
District headquarters Chamba 36 km

Villages closest to Thulel

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 Thulel

As per the Census of India 2011, Thulel village had a population of 559. That makes it the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Thulel village has 279 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thulel has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

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

Thulel covers 189.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thulel is Jawanwala Shahr, about 17 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 Thulel.

Thulel is about 36 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thulel is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 9.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 16 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balana (under 2 km), Anain (1.9 km) and Bhangian (1.9 km).

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

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