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About Thapal Village

Thapal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 171 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 166013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thapal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 166013
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 307
Male Population 171
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thapal compares

By the 2011 count Thapal is the 246th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Thapal

The census records public bus service for Thapal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thapal from other places

Thapal lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 16 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 Thapal
Nearest railway station Saila Khurd 16 km
Nearest town Banga 20 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 26 km

Villages closest to Thapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thapal village had a population of 307. That makes it the 246th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Thapal village has 171 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thapal has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Thapal is 166013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thapal covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thapal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Thapal is Saila Khurd, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Thapal.

Thapal is about 20 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thapal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 16 km away. Banga is about 20 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thakkarwal (under 2 km), Badhel (under 2 km) and Rahalli (under 2 km).

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

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