About Tharoo Village

Tharoo is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 215 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,223 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tharoo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tharoo village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	113.03 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	215
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,223
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tharoo compares

By the 2011 count Tharoo is the 75th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 113.03 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Tharoo

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

Tharoo lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, 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 Tharoo
Nearest town	Talwāra	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km

Villages closest to Tharoo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tharoo village had a population of 478. That makes it the 75th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Tharoo village has 215 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tharoo has about 1223 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Tharoo is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tharoo covers 113.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tharoo falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tharoo is Kartoli Punjab, 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 Tharoo.

Tharoo is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tharoo is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 6.7 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 17 km away. Jawali is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.