About Thichka Village

Thichka is a mid sized village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 325 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thichka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thichka village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Sunderbani
Pincode	185156
Area (hectares)	388.1 hectares
Population	611
Male Population	325
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thichka compares

By the 2011 count Thichka is the 29th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 388.1 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 940.

Getting to Thichka

Thichka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thichka as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Thichka from other places

Thichka lies about 48 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 44 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 Thichka
Tehsil headquarters	Sunderbani	12 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	26 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	44 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	48 km

Villages closest to Thichka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thichka village had a population of 611. That makes it the 29th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Thichka village has 325 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thichka has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Thichka is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thichka covers 388.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thichka falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Thichka is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 44 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 village for Thichka.

Thichka is about 48 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thichka is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 12 km away. Akhnūr is about 26 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.