About Thana Village

Thana is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 699, made up of 364 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	148.88 hectares
Population	699
Male Population	364
Female Population	335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thana compares

By the 2011 count Thana is the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 148.88 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Thana

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

Thana lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kanoh, about 2.4 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 Thana
Nearest railway station	Kanoh	2.4 km
Nearest town	Solan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Thana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thana village had a population of 699. That makes it the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Thana village has 364 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Thana is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana covers 148.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thana falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thana is Kanoh, about 2.4 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 Thana.

Thana is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thana is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Kanoh is about 2.4 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Chirgaon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.