About Gopa Thang Village

Gopa Thang is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 20 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopa Thang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopa Thang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175141
Area (hectares)	12.51 hectares
Population	44
Male Population	20
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gopa Thang compares

By the 2011 count Gopa Thang is the 64th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 12.51 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Gopa Thang

Gopa Thang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gopa Thang as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gopa Thang from other places

Gopa Thang lies about 92 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Gopa Thang
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	92 km

Villages closest to Gopa Thang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lahul 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 Gopa Thang

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopa Thang village had a population of 44. That makes it the 64th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Gopa Thang village has 20 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopa Thang has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Gopa Thang is 175141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopa Thang covers 12.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopa Thang falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gopa Thang is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Gopa Thang.

Gopa Thang is about 92 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopa Thang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Lahul is about 26 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.