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About Thakar Doara Village

Thakar Doara is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 102 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thakar Doara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thakar Doara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177117
Area (hectares) 14.89 hectares
Population 255
Male Population 102
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thakar Doara compares

By the 2011 count Thakar Doara is the 148th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 14.89 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Thakar Doara

Thakar Doara 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 Thakar Doara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Thakar Doara from other places

Thakar Doara lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 11 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 Thakar Doara
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 19 km
Nearest town Talwāra 34 km

Villages closest to Thakar Doara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Thakar Doara

As per the Census of India 2011, Thakar Doara village had a population of 255. That makes it the 148th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Thakar Doara village has 102 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thakar Doara has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Thakar Doara is 177117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thakar Doara covers 14.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Thakar Doara falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thakar Doara is Tripal, about 11 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Thakar Doara.

Thakar Doara is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thakar Doara is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 4.9 km away. Tripal is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jallandhar Lahar (under 2 km), Harar (under 2 km) and Khavli (under 2 km).

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

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