About Thana Village

Thana is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 151 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, 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	Harchakian
Pincode	176210
Area (hectares)	88.13 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	151
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
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 20th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 88.13 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

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 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 8.6 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
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	8.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harchakian	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km

Villages closest to Thana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harchakian 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.

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Common questions about Thana

As per the Census of India 2011, Thana village had a population of 305. That makes it the 20th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Thana village has 151 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Thana is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana covers 88.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thana falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thana is Chamunda Marg, about 8.6 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 17 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 Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 8.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 9.1 km away. Harchakian is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.