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- LGD code
- 48067
- Pincode
- 246172
- Post office
- Satpuli
- Population
- 183
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Sex ratio
- 867 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 99
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 86 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 225 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 46 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Naugaonkhal Government Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thapala compares
By population, Thapala ranks #58 of 278 villages in Chaubatta Khal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.9%
Same as the mandal average
- Thapala
- 69.9%
- Chaubatta Khal mandal
- 69.9%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
867
−374 vs mandal average
- Thapala
- 867
- Chaubatta Khal mandal
- 1,241
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Thapala
- 4.5
- Chaubatta Khal mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thapala at a glance
Thapala is a village of 183 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Chaubatta Khal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 58th-largest of 278 villages in Chaubatta Khal tehsil. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 867 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 7 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 46 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246172, served by Satpuli post office; the LGD village code is 48067. The nearest hospital or health centre is Naugaonkhal Government Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Chaubattakhal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satpal Maharaj. The population is estimated at 216 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Thapala
- LGD code
- 48067
- Pincode
- 246172
- Post office
- Satpuli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 216
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 867
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Coordinates
- 30.02944°N, 78.86325°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chaubattakhal
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Satpal Maharaj
- Block / Mandal
- Chaubatta Khal
Getting there
How to reach Thapala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun86 kmcapital
- Delhi225 km
- Kolkata1258 km
- Mumbai1359 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara46 km
- Bus stopRatkot20 km
- Hospital / PHCNaugaonkhal Government Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM23 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum22 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry14 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station31 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)