About Thappal Village

Thappal is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 97 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thappal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thappal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176023
Area (hectares)	77.72 hectares
Population	203
Male Population	97
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,093
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Thappal compares

By the 2011 count Thappal is the 136th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 77.72 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Thappal

Thappal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thappal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thappal from other places

Thappal lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 2.4 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 Thappal
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	1.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	2.4 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	26 km

Villages closest to Thappal

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

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Common questions about Thappal

As per the Census of India 2011, Thappal village had a population of 203. That makes it the 136th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Thappal village has 97 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thappal has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Thappal is 176023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thappal covers 77.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thappal falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thappal is Jawanwala Shahr, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Thappal is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thappal is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 1.5 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 2.4 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.