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About Thather Village

Thather is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 20 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thather Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thather village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176051
Area (hectares) 15.28 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 20
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thather compares

By the 2011 count Thather is the 349th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 15.28 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Thather

Thather is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Thather 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thather from other places

Thather lies about 42 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 6.7 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 Thather
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 6.7 km
Nearest town Mamun 20 km
District headquarters Kangra 42 km

Villages closest to Thather

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thather village had a population of 50. That makes it the 349th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Thather village has 20 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thather has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Thather is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thather covers 15.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thather falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thather is Nurpur Road, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Thather.

Thather is about 42 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thather is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 2.6 km away. Nurpur Road is about 6.7 km away. Mamun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baldun (under 2 km), Baddi Dhar (under 2 km) and Ban Bhanghar (under 2 km).

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

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