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About Theru Village

Theru is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 57 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Theru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Theru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176021
Area (hectares) 64.15 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 57
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Theru compares

By the 2011 count Theru is the 155th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 64.15 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Theru

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

Theru lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 7.3 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 Theru
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr 7.3 km
District headquarters Kangra 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 28 km

Villages closest to Theru

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.

Common questions about Theru

As per the Census of India 2011, Theru village had a population of 123. That makes it the 155th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Theru village has 57 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Theru has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Theru is 176021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Theru covers 64.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Theru is Jawanwala Shahr, about 7.3 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 Theru.

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

Theru is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 7.1 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 7.3 km away. Kangra 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 Baliara (under 2 km), Kaldun (under 2 km) and Reserve Jangal Kaldun (under 2 km).

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

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