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About Thamba Village

Thamba is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 28 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thamba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thamba village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 53.14 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 28
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,286
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Thamba compares

By the 2011 count Thamba is the 131st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 53.14 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1027.

Getting to Thamba

Thamba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thamba as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thamba from other places

Thamba lies about 8.2 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 2.2 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 Thamba
Nearest railway station Samloti 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 4.8 km
District headquarters Kangra 8.2 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 17 km

Villages closest to Thamba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Thamba

As per the Census of India 2011, Thamba village had a population of 64. That makes it the 131st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Thamba village has 28 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thamba has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Thamba is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thamba covers 53.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thamba falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thamba is Samloti, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Thamba.

Thamba is about 8.2 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thamba is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 2.2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 4.8 km away. Kangra is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharri (under 2 km), Kenth Lahr (under 2 km) and Ghora (under 2 km).

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

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