About Thanga Village

Thanga is a small village in Nohra tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 235 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nohra
Pincode	173104
Area (hectares)	231.31 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	235
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thanga compares

By the 2011 count Thanga is the 20th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 490 residents. Its 231.31 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Thanga

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

Thanga lies about 74 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 26 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 Thanga
Tehsil headquarters	Nohra	7.3 km
Nearest town	Shimla	26 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	26 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	74 km

Villages closest to Thanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanga village had a population of 457. That makes it the 20th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 490 residents.

Thanga village has 235 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanga has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Thanga is 173104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thanga covers 231.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thanga falls under Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thanga is Summer Hill, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Thanga.

Thanga is about 74 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanga is in Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nohra is about 7.3 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Summer Hill is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.