About Thanur Village

Thanur is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 133 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	106.31 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	133
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 Thanur compares

By the 2011 count Thanur is the 39th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 106.31 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Thanur

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

Thanur lies about 19 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Thanur
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	8.0 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	19 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Thanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanur village had a population of 264. That makes it the 39th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Thanur village has 133 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanur has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Thanur is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thanur covers 106.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thanur falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Thanur is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Thanur.

Thanur is about 19 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanur is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.0 km away. Garhwal is about 19 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.