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About Timara Village

Timara is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 213 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 746 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Timara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Timara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Kalsi
Pincode 248196
Area (hectares) 214.78 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 213
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 746
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Timara compares

By the 2011 count Timara is the 34th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 214.78 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 948.

Getting to Timara

Timara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Timara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Timara from other places

Timara lies about 42 km from Dehradun. 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 Timara
Tehsil headquarters Kalsi 19 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 29 km
District headquarters Dehradun 42 km

Villages closest to Timara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Timara village had a population of 372. That makes it the 34th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Timara village has 213 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Timara has about 746 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Timara is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Timara covers 214.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Timara falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Timara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Timara.

Timara is about 42 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Timara is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 19 km away. Mussoorie is about 29 km away. Dehradun is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uprauli (6.2 km), Bantuo (6.7 km) and Dagura (6.9 km).

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

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