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About Thanpuri Village

Thanpuri is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,102, made up of 567 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanpuri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 124.35 hectares
Population 1,102
Male Population 567
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Thanpuri is the 15th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 124.35 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Thanpuri

Thanpuri 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 Thanpuri 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thanpuri from other places

Thanpuri lies about 6.7 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, 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 Thanpuri
Nearest railway station Samloti under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 4.3 km
District headquarters Kangra 6.7 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 14 km

Villages closest to Thanpuri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Thanpuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanpuri village had a population of 1,102. That makes it the 15th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Thanpuri village has 567 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanpuri has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Thanpuri is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thanpuri covers 124.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Thanpuri falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thanpuri is Samloti, about under 2 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 village for Thanpuri.

Thanpuri is about 6.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanpuri is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about under 2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 4.3 km away. Kangra is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunehr (under 2 km), Rajana Khas (under 2 km) and Naugaza (under 2 km).

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

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