About Thana Village

Thana is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 86 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, 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	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	92.33 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	86
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 97th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 92.33 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

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 15 km from Shimla. 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
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	21 km

Villages closest to Thana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotkhai 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 159. That makes it the 97th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Thana village has 86 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Thana is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana covers 92.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Thana notes the nearest railway station 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 15 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 Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 15 km away. Kotkhai is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.