About Thangar Village

Thangar is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 11 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thangar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	11.53 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	11
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,545
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thangar compares

By the 2011 count Thangar is the 255th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 11.53 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Thangar

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

Thangar lies about 55 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 32 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 Thangar
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	32 km
District headquarters	Solan	55 km

Villages closest to Thangar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 Thangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Thangar village had a population of 28. That makes it the 255th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Thangar village has 11 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thangar has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Thangar is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thangar covers 11.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thangar falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thangar is Kiratpur Sahib, about 32 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 Thangar.

Thangar is about 55 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thangar is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 22 km away. Arki is about 25 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.