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About Thanoura Village

Thanoura is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 557 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.21 hectares hectares.

Thanoura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanoura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Rithi
Area (hectares) 485.21 hectares
Population 1,118
Male Population 557
Female Population 561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
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 Thanoura compares

By the 2011 count Thanoura is the 41st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 485.21 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Thanoura

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

Thanoura lies about 13 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Hardua, about 8.5 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 Thanoura
Nearest railway station Hardua 8.5 km
District headquarters Katni 13 km
Nearest town Murwāra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Rithi 14 km

Villages closest to Thanoura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanoura village had a population of 1,118. That makes it the 41st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Thanoura village has 557 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanoura has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Thanoura covers 485.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thanoura falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thanoura is Hardua, about 8.5 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 Thanoura.

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

Thanoura is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Hardua is about 8.5 km away. Katni is about 13 km away. Murwāra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nitarra (1.8 km), Dhusarpur (1.9 km) and Pondi (3.4 km).

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

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