About Thanga Village

Thanga is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 22 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanga village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Berinag
Pincode	262531
Area (hectares)	43.94 hectares
Population	55
Male Population	22
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,500
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 Thanga compares

By the 2011 count Thanga is the 198th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 43.94 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1140.

Getting to Thanga

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

Thanga lies about 39 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 56 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 Thanga
Nearest town	Almora	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Berinag	26 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	39 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	56 km

Villages closest to Thanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanga village had a population of 55. That makes it the 198th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Thanga village has 22 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanga has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Thanga is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thanga covers 43.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thanga falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Thanga is Kathgodam, about 56 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 Thanga.

Thanga is about 39 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanga is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 20 km away. Berinag is about 26 km away. Pithoragarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.