About Tihar Village

Tihar is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 237 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tihar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249135
Area (hectares)	403.78 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	237
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
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 Tihar compares

By the 2011 count Tihar is the 47th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 403.78 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Tihar

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

Tihar lies about 23 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 83 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 Tihar
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	4.9 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	23 km
Nearest town	Tehri	53 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	83 km

Villages closest to Tihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tihar village had a population of 459. That makes it the 47th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Tihar village has 237 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tihar has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Tihar is 249135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tihar covers 403.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tihar falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tihar is Dehradun, about 83 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 Tihar.

Tihar is about 23 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tihar is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Bhatwari is about 4.9 km away. Uttarkashi is about 23 km away. Tehri is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.