About Thapan Village

Thapan is a large village in Siwana tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,551, made up of 1,914 males and 1,637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2482 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thapan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thapan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Siwana
Pincode	344044
Area (hectares)	2482 hectares
Population	3,551
Male Population	1,914
Female Population	1,637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thapan compares

By the 2011 count Thapan is the 18th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents. Its 2482 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Thapan

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

Thapan lies about 91 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Janiyana, 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 Thapan
Tehsil headquarters	Siwana	13 km
Nearest town	Siwāna	13 km
Nearest railway station	Janiyana	16 km
District headquarters	Barmer	91 km

Villages closest to Thapan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thapan village had a population of 3,551. That makes it the 18th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents.

Thapan village has 1,914 males and 1,637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thapan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Thapan is 344044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thapan covers 2482 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thapan falls under Siwana tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Thapan is Janiyana, about 16 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 Thapan.

Thapan is about 91 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thapan is in Siwana tehsil of Barmer district. Siwana is about 13 km away. Siwāna is about 13 km away. Janiyana is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.