About Tikkar Village

Tikkar is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 73 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tikkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tikkar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	55.9 hectares
Population	140
Male Population	73
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tikkar compares

By the 2011 count Tikkar is the 103rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 55.9 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Tikkar

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

Tikkar lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Tikkar
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Tikkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tikkar village had a population of 140. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Tikkar village has 73 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tikkar has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Tikkar is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tikkar covers 55.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tikkar falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tikkar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Tikkar.

Tikkar is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tikkar is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 4.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.