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About Thadung Village

Thadung is a mid sized village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 270 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thadung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thadung village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Puraula
Pincode 249185
Area (hectares) 91.85 hectares
Population 543
Male Population 270
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
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 Thadung compares

By the 2011 count Thadung is the 22nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 91.85 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Thadung

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

Thadung lies about 17 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, 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 Thadung
Tehsil headquarters Puraula 17 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 17 km
Nearest town Tehri 23 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 56 km

Villages closest to Thadung

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

Common questions about Thadung

As per the Census of India 2011, Thadung village had a population of 543. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Thadung village has 270 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thadung has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Thadung is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thadung covers 91.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thadung falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Thadung is Harrawala, 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 Thadung.

Thadung is about 17 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thadung is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 17 km away. Uttarkashi is about 17 km away. Tehri is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandiyal Gaon (6.5 km), Pani Gaon (6.5 km) and Rama Gaon (6.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Thadung today is likely to be higher.

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