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- LGD code
- 2877
- Pincode
- 191201
- Post office
- Ganderbal
- Population
- 2,008
- Households
- 370
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 785
Census 2011 · in context
How Thuroo compares
By population, Thuroo ranks #12 of 22 villages in Lar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.3%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Thuroo
- 58.3%
- Lar mandal
- 52.3%
- Ganderbal district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
−14 vs mandal average
- Thuroo
- 856
- Lar mandal
- 870
Household size
people per home
5.4
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Thuroo
- 5.4
- Lar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thuroo at a glance
Thuroo is a village of 2,008 people in 370 households (Census 2011) in Lar tehsil, Ganderbal district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 12th-largest of 22 villages in Lar tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 191201, served by Ganderbal post office; the LGD village code is 2877. The village votes in Kangan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mian Mehar Ali. The population is estimated at 2,367 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Thuroo
- LGD code
- 2877
- Pincode
- 191201
- Post office
- Ganderbal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,008
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,367
- Households
- 370
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kangan
- Member of Parliament
- Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mian Mehar Ali
- Block / Mandal
- Lar
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Other villages in Lar mandal
View all 23 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)