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About Thara Village

Thara is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,342, made up of 743 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.83 hectares hectares.

Thara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 617.83 hectares
Population 1,342
Male Population 743
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
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 Thara compares

By the 2011 count Thara is the 67th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 617.83 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 878.

Getting to Thara

Thara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Thara 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 Thara from other places

Thara lies about 12 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 8.6 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 Thara
Nearest railway station Basari 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 12 km

Villages closest to Thara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thara village had a population of 1,342. That makes it the 67th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Thara village has 743 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thara has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Thara covers 617.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thara falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thara is Basari, about 8.6 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 Thara.

Thara is about 12 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thara is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 8.6 km away. Chhatarpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barayach Khera (under 2 km), Gangayach (2.5 km) and Shyamripurwa (3.2 km).

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

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