About Tanakpur Village

Tanakpur is a large village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,367, made up of 1,683 males and 1,684 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tanakpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262309
Area (hectares)	334.62 hectares
Population	3,367
Male Population	1,683
Female Population	1,684
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Tanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Tanakpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 334.62 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Tanakpur

Tanakpur 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 Tanakpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tanakpur from other places

Tanakpur lies about 29 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about under 2 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 Tanakpur
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	29 km
District headquarters	Champawat	29 km
Nearest town	Sitārganj	43 km

Villages closest to Tanakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tanakpur village had a population of 3,367. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Tanakpur village has 1,683 males and 1,684 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tanakpur has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Tanakpur is 262309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tanakpur covers 334.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Tanakpur falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tanakpur is Tanakpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Tanakpur.

Tanakpur is about 29 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tanakpur is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Tanakpur is about under 2 km away. Poornagiri is about 29 km away. Champawat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.