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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sangeeta
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- LGD code
- 43510
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population
- 259
- Households
- 48
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1158 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 200
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 57 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 246 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 50 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Madannegi · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thala compares
By population, Thala ranks #82 of 112 villages in Pratapnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Thala
- 69.5%
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 64.3%
- Tehri Garhwal district
- 65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,158
+70 vs mandal average
- Thala
- 1,158
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 1,088
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Thala
- 5.4
- Pratapnagar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thala at a glance
Thala is a village of 259 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Pratapnagar tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 82nd-largest of 112 villages in Pratapnagar tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,158 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 49 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 50 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249165, served by Lambgaon post office; the LGD village code is 43510. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Madannegi, 13 km away. The sarpanch is sangeeta, and the village votes in Ghanshali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shakti Lal Shah. The population is estimated at 305 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Thala
- LGD code
- 43510
- Pincode
- 249165
- Post office
- Lambgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 259
- Population (projected 2026)
- 305
- Households
- 48
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1158
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.46228°N, 78.60629°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ghanshali
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shakti Lal Shah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sangeeta
- Block / Mandal
- Pratapnagar
Getting there
How to reach Thala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun57 kmcapital
- Delhi246 km
- Kolkata1307 km
- Mumbai1391 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh50 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Madannegi13 km
- ATM / banksbi28 km
- Petrol pumphp27 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS32 km
- Police stationCheckpoint15 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Thala
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕gangarTemple2.5 km ↗
Same pincode
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- KordiPratapnagar mandal1,404 pop
- Deen GaonPratapnagar mandal1,364 pop
- BharpurPratapnagar mandal1,280 pop
- Gairi Rajputon KiPratapnagar mandal1,135 pop
- MukhemPratapnagar mandal1,124 pop
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- Raika
- Banali
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- Mishrawan Gaon
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- Haleth
- Bhainga
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- Khetpali
- Kuran
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)