About Thaker Village

Thaker is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 237 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thaker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thaker village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	148 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	237
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Thaker compares

By the 2011 count Thaker is the 217th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Thaker

Thaker is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Thaker 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thaker from other places

Thaker lies about 34 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 6.5 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 Thaker
Nearest railway station	Dasuya	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	7.2 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	7.2 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	34 km

Villages closest to Thaker

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thaker village had a population of 495. That makes it the 217th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Thaker village has 237 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thaker has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Thaker is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thaker covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thaker falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Thaker is Dasuya, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Thaker.

Thaker is about 34 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thaker is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasuya is about 6.5 km away. Dasua is about 7.2 km away. Dasūya is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.