About Thalakan Village

Thalakan is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 211 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thalakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thalakan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	183.38 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	211
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thalakan compares

By the 2011 count Thalakan is the 11th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 183.38 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Thalakan

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

Thalakan lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Thalakan
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	36 km

Villages closest to Thalakan

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 Thalakan

As per the Census of India 2011, Thalakan village had a population of 423. That makes it the 11th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Thalakan village has 211 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thalakan has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Thalakan is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thalakan covers 183.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thalakan is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Thalakan.

Thalakan 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.

Thalakan is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 3.3 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 17 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.