About Tanga Village

Tanga is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 150 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tanga village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262555
Area (hectares)	194.4 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	150
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Tanga compares

By the 2011 count Tanga is the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 194.4 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Tanga

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

Tanga lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Tanga
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	30 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	44 km

Villages closest to Tanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tanga village had a population of 297. That makes it the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Tanga village has 150 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tanga has about 980 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 1054.

The pincode recorded for Tanga is 262555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tanga covers 194.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tanga falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tanga is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Tanga.

Tanga is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tanga is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 30 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.