About Thakrian Village

Thakrian is a small village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 174 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thakrian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thakrian village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	167.1 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	174
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thakrian compares

By the 2011 count Thakrian is the 105th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 167.1 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Thakrian

Thakrian is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Thakrian as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Thakrian from other places

Thakrian lies about 13 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 63 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 Thakrian
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	4.5 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	4.5 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	63 km

Villages closest to Thakrian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thakrian village had a population of 359. That makes it the 105th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Thakrian village has 174 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thakrian has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Thakrian is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thakrian covers 167.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thakrian falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Thakrian is Dugga, about 63 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Thakrian.

Thakrian is about 13 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thakrian is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 4.5 km away. Rajaori is about 4.5 km away. Rajouri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.