About Thanu Village

Thanu is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 71 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Thanu compares

By the 2011 count Thanu is the 110th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 64.42 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Thanu

Thanu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Thanu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Thanu from other places

Thanu lies about 26 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.

Villages closest to Thanu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kumharsain tehsil.

• Thah under 2 km
• Nagali under 2 km
• Jangal Thah under 2 km
• Jangal Thalgor under 2 km
• Kangal under 2 km
• Dagrot 1.6 km

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.