About Thapak Village

Thapak 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 40, made up of 17 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thapak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thapak village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175133
Area (hectares)	38.48 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	17
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,353
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thapak compares

By the 2011 count Thapak is the 67th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 38.48 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Thapak

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

Thapak lies about 93 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 21 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 Thapak
Nearest town	Mandi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	27 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	93 km

Villages closest to Thapak

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 Thapak

As per the Census of India 2011, Thapak village had a population of 40. That makes it the 67th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Thapak village has 17 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thapak has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Thapak is 175133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thapak covers 38.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Thapak is Joginder Nagar, about 21 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 Thapak.

Thapak is about 93 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.

Thapak is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Mandi is about 18 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 21 km away. Lahul is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.