About Taihna Village

Taihna is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 57 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taihna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taihna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	106.83 hectares
Population	103
Male Population	57
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	807
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taihna compares

By the 2011 count Taihna is the 265th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 106.83 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 990.

Getting to Taihna

Taihna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taihna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Taihna from other places

Taihna lies about 27 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 Taihna
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km

Villages closest to Taihna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taihna village had a population of 103. That makes it the 265th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Taihna village has 57 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taihna has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Taihna is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taihna covers 106.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Taihna falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Taihna 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 5 - 10 km distance for Taihna.

Taihna is about 27 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taihna is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.