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About Thehra Village

Thehra is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 51 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thehra village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawalamukhi
Pincode 176036
Area (hectares) 31.21 hectares
Population 105
Male Population 51
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thehra compares

By the 2011 count Thehra is the 107th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 31.21 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1107.

Getting to Thehra

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

Thehra lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 2.7 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 Thehra
Nearest railway station Paror 2.7 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Jawalamukhi 24 km

Villages closest to Thehra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thehra village had a population of 105. That makes it the 107th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Thehra village has 51 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thehra has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Thehra is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thehra covers 31.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thehra falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thehra is Paror, about 2.7 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 Thehra.

Thehra 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.

Thehra is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 2.7 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raikhan (5.5 km), Hiran (6.2 km) and Bhati (6.5 km).

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

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