About Thurau Village

Thurau is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 29 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thurau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thurau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	44.2 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	29
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
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 Thurau compares

By the 2011 count Thurau is the 157th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 44.2 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Thurau

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

Thurau lies about 34 km from Dehradun. 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 Thurau
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	4.2 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	26 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	34 km

Villages closest to Thurau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thurau village had a population of 56. That makes it the 157th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Thurau village has 29 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thurau has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Thurau is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thurau covers 44.2 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.

Thurau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Thurau notes the nearest railway station 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 Thurau.

Thurau is about 34 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thurau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 4.2 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 26 km away. Dehradun is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.