About Tankila Village

Tankila is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 13 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,385 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246275, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tankila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tankila village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246275
Area (hectares)	40.83 hectares
Population	31
Male Population	13
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,385
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 Tankila compares

By the 2011 count Tankila is the 364th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 40.83 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1285.

Getting to Tankila

Tankila is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tankila 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 Tankila from other places

Tankila lies about 44 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 54 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 Tankila
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	12 km
Nearest town	Pauri	37 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	54 km

Villages closest to Tankila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tankila village had a population of 31. That makes it the 364th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Tankila village has 13 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tankila has about 1385 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Tankila is 246275. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tankila covers 40.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tankila falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tankila is Kotdwara, about 54 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tankila.

Tankila is about 44 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tankila is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 12 km away. Pauri is about 37 km away. Garhwal is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.