About Thantha Village

Thantha is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,002, made up of 553 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thantha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thantha village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184203
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	1,002
Male Population	553
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thantha compares

By the 2011 count Thantha is the 60th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Thantha

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

Thantha lies about 15 km from Billawar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 24 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 Thantha
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	24 km

Villages closest to Thantha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thantha village had a population of 1,002. That makes it the 60th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Thantha village has 553 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thantha has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Thantha is 184203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thantha covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thantha falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Thantha is Kathua, about 24 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 Thantha.

Thantha is about 15 km from Billawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thantha is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 15 km away. Kathua is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.