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About Thaut Village

Thaut is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 15 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thaut Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thaut village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 23.6 hectares
Population 26
Male Population 15
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 733
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thaut compares

By the 2011 count Thaut is the 387th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 23.6 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Thaut

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

Thaut lies about 23 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 Thaut
Tehsil headquarters Theog 5.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 23 km

Villages closest to Thaut

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.

Common questions about Thaut

As per the Census of India 2011, Thaut village had a population of 26. That makes it the 387th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Thaut village has 15 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thaut has about 733 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 Thaut is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thaut covers 23.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Thaut 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 km distance for Thaut.

Thaut is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thaut is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.6 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Up Muhal Shatal (under 2 km), Bagain (under 2 km) and Kareli (under 2 km).

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

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