About Thera Village

Thera is a mid sized village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 294 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,221 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thera village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	653
Male Population	294
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,221
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thera compares

By the 2011 count Thera is the 41st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Thera

Thera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Thera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Thera from other places

Thera lies about 13 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 68 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 Thera
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	5.3 km
District headquarters	Punch	13 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	13 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	68 km

Villages closest to Thera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thera village had a population of 653. That makes it the 41st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Thera village has 294 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thera has about 1221 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Thera is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thera covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thera falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Thera is Baramula, about 68 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Thera.

Thera is about 13 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thera is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 5.3 km away. Punch is about 13 km away. Pūnch is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.