About Thana Bag Village

Thana Bag is a small village in Tikar tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 203 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thana Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thana Bag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Tikar
Pincode	171203
Area (hectares)	687 hectares
Population	367
Male Population	203
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	808
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thana Bag compares

By the 2011 count Thana Bag is the 16th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 687 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 926.

Getting to Thana Bag

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

Thana Bag lies about 53 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Bag
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tikar	27 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	39 km
District headquarters	Shimla	53 km

Villages closest to Thana Bag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thana Bag village had a population of 367. That makes it the 16th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Thana Bag village has 203 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thana Bag has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Thana Bag is 171203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thana Bag covers 687 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thana Bag falls under Tikar tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thana Bag is Olinda, about 39 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 Bag.

Thana Bag is about 53 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thana Bag is in Tikar tehsil of Shimla district. Sundarnagar is about 9.9 km away. Tikar is about 27 km away. Olinda is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.