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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
laxmi devi
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- LGD code
- 48722
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population
- 349
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1195 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 165
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 57 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 191 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Katghar · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thangar compares
By population, Thangar ranks #20 of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.8%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Thangar
- 74.8%
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 72.5%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,195
+114 vs mandal average
- Thangar
- 1,195
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 1,081
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Thangar
- 4.6
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thangar at a glance
Thangar is a village of 349 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Yamkeshwar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 20th-largest of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,195 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 3 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 23 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246121, served by Bhrigukhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 48722. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Katghar, 6 km away. The sarpanch is laxmi devi, and the village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 411 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Thangar
- LGD code
- 48722
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 349
- Population (projected 2026)
- 411
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1195
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.94991°N, 78.44852°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- laxmi devi
- Block / Mandal
- Yamkeshwar
Getting there
How to reach Thangar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun57 kmcapital
- Delhi191 km
- Kolkata1284 km
- Mumbai1333 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh23 km
- Bus stopJeep stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Katghar6 km
- ATM / bankSBI23 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil21 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS44 km
- Police stationPolice station23 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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