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About Thill Village

Thill is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 98 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thill Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thill village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176055
Area (hectares) 115.67 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 98
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,255
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thill compares

By the 2011 count Thill is the 62nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 115.67 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 1070.

Getting to Thill

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

Thill lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 15 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 Thill
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 15 km
District headquarters Kangra 19 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 30 km

Villages closest to Thill

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thill village had a population of 221. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Thill village has 98 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thill has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Thill is 176055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thill covers 115.67 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.

Thill falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thill is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 15 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 Thill.

Thill is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thill is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 4.7 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 15 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latehr (under 2 km), Chaloi (under 2 km) and Bharoli (under 2 km).

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

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