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About Thanpur Village

Thanpur is a mid sized village in Sahaswan tehsil, in the district of Budaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 743, made up of 422 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.9 hectares hectares.

Thanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Budaun
Tehsil Sahaswan
Area (hectares) 139.9 hectares
Population 743
Male Population 422
Female Population 321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 761
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thanpur compares

By the 2011 count Thanpur is the 155th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,376 residents. Its 139.9 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 857.

Getting to Thanpur

Thanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Thanpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thanpur from other places

Thanpur lies about 48 km from Budaun, and the nearest railway station is Dhanari, about 21 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 Thanpur
Nearest town Islāmnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahaswan 17 km
Nearest railway station Dhanari 21 km
District headquarters Budaun 48 km

Villages closest to Thanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanpur village had a population of 743. That makes it the 155th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,376 residents.

Thanpur village has 422 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanpur has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 857.

Thanpur covers 139.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thanpur falls under Sahaswan tehsil of Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thanpur is Dhanari, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Thanpur.

Thanpur is about 48 km from Budaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanpur is in Sahaswan tehsil of Budaun district. Islāmnagar is about 14 km away. Sahaswan is about 17 km away. Dhanari is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ibrahimpur Faizganj (under 2 km), Wazirpur (1.8 km) and Chandpura (1.8 km).

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

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