About Thangar Village

Thangar is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 159 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,195 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thangar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	129.61 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	159
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,195
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 Thangar compares

By the 2011 count Thangar is the 24th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 129.61 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Thangar

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

Thangar lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Thangar
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	5.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	23 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km

Villages closest to Thangar

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 Thangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Thangar village had a population of 349. That makes it the 24th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Thangar village has 159 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thangar has about 1195 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Thangar covers 129.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thangar falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Thangar is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Thangar.

Thangar is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thangar is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.2 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Rishīkesh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.