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About Thanra Village

Thanra is a large village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,083, made up of 1,148 males and 935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1634 hectares hectares.

Thanra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thanra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Karera
Area (hectares) 1634 hectares
Population 2,083
Male Population 1,148
Female Population 935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Thanra compares

By the 2011 count Thanra is the 23rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 1634 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 857.

Getting to Thanra

The census records public bus service for Thanra as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thanra from other places

Thanra lies about 63 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Chirula, about 22 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 Thanra
Tehsil headquarters Karera 15 km
Nearest railway station Chirula 22 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 63 km

Villages closest to Thanra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thanra village had a population of 2,083. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Thanra village has 1,148 males and 935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thanra has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 857.

Thanra covers 1634 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thanra falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thanra is Chirula, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Thanra.

Thanra is about 63 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thanra is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 15 km away. Chirula is about 22 km away. Shivpuri is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koond (under 2 km), Ambari (3.4 km) and Semra (3.7 km).

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

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