About Tarkhankar Village

Tarkhankar is a small village in Kangra tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 97 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarkhankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarkhankar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Kangra
Pincode	176214
Area (hectares)	42.53 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	97
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarkhankar compares

By the 2011 count Tarkhankar is the 123rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 42.53 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Tarkhankar

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

Tarkhankar lies about 5.2 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about under 2 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 Tarkhankar
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kangra	5.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Tarkhankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarkhankar village had a population of 196. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Tarkhankar village has 97 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarkhankar has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Tarkhankar is 176214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarkhankar covers 42.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarkhankar falls under Kangra tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tarkhankar is Koparlahar, about under 2 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 Tarkhankar.

Tarkhankar is about 5.2 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarkhankar is in Kangra tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about under 2 km away. Kangra is about 5.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.