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About Tankan Village

Tankan is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 29 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,379 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tankan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tankan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 124.08 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 29
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,379
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tankan compares

By the 2011 count Tankan is the 323rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 124.08 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Tankan

Tankan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tankan 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Takoli, Talai Sera, Taleri and Tamer Gaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Tankan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tankan village had a population of 69. That makes it the 323rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Tankan village has 29 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tankan has about 1379 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Tankan is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tankan covers 124.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tankan falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Tankan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ 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 Tankan.

Tankan is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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