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About Thana Village

Thana is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 85 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thana village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 134.93 hectares
Population 176
Male Population 85
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thana compares

By the 2011 count Thana is the 77th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 134.93 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Thana

Thana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Thana from other places

Thana lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 17 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 Thana
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 17 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 36 km

Villages closest to Thana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Thana

As per the Census of India 2011, Thana village had a population of 176. That makes it the 77th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Thana village has 85 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Thana is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana covers 134.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thana falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thana is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Thana.

Thana is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thana is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 10 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 17 km away. Hamirpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaklah (2.0 km), Baloh (2.8 km) and Lahru (3.5 km).

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

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