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About Thema Village

Thema is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 714, made up of 384 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.54 hectares hectares.

Thema Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thema village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 192.54 hectares
Population 714
Male Population 384
Female Population 330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thema compares

By the 2011 count Thema is the 89th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 192.54 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1013.

Getting to Thema

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

Thema lies about 60 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 11 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 Thema
Nearest railway station Salekasa 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 13 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 31 km
District headquarters Balaghat 60 km

Villages closest to Thema

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

Common questions about Thema

As per the Census of India 2011, Thema village had a population of 714. That makes it the 89th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Thema village has 384 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thema has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Thema covers 192.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thema falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thema is Salekasa, about 11 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 Thema.

Thema is about 60 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thema is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Salekasa is about 11 km away. Lanji is about 13 km away. Dongargarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahela (1.5 km), Dongargaon (2.4 km) and Watekasa (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Thema today is likely to be higher.

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