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About Thakaran Village

Thakaran is a small village in Haroli tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 179 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thakaran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thakaran village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Haroli
Pincode 177203
Area (hectares) 189.48 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 179
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 972
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thakaran compares

By the 2011 count Thakaran is the 47th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 189.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Thakaran

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

Thakaran lies about 68 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 4.7 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 Thakaran
Nearest railway station Nagrota 4.7 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Haroli 26 km
District headquarters Una 68 km

Villages closest to Thakaran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thakaran village had a population of 353. That makes it the 47th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Thakaran village has 179 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thakaran has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Thakaran is 177203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thakaran covers 189.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thakaran falls under Haroli tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thakaran is Nagrota, about 4.7 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 Thakaran.

Thakaran is about 68 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thakaran is in Haroli tehsil of Una district. Nagrota is about 4.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 19 km away. Haroli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalehri (3.3 km), Hiran (4.6 km) and Dulehr Uparla (8.9 km).

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

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