About Thalak Dhar Village

Thalak Dhar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 34 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thalak Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thalak Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	51.55 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	34
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,118
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Thalak Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Thalak Dhar is the 304th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 51.55 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 987.

Getting to Thalak Dhar

Thalak Dhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thalak Dhar 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thalak Dhar from other places

Thalak Dhar lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.5 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 Thalak Dhar
Nearest town	Solan	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Thalak Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Thalak Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Thalak Dhar village had a population of 72. That makes it the 304th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Thalak Dhar village has 34 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thalak Dhar has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Thalak Dhar is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thalak Dhar covers 51.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thalak Dhar falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thalak Dhar is Salogra, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Thalak Dhar.

Thalak Dhar is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thalak Dhar is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 7.5 km away. Shimla Rural is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.