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About Thana Village

Thana is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 161 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,242 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, 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 Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176029
Area (hectares) 68.52 hectares
Population 361
Male Population 161
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,242
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thana compares

By the 2011 count Thana is the 120th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 68.52 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Thana

Thana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 <5 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 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 10 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 Dera Gopipur 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 18 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Thana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 361. That makes it the 120th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Thana village has 161 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana has about 1242 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Thana is 176029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana covers 68.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thana falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thana is Jawalamukhi Road, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thana is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 7.5 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Band (under 2 km), Dohag (under 2 km) and Katialu (under 2 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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