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[[File:Theog Town.jpg|thumb|Theog Town]] | [[File:Theog Town.jpg|thumb|Theog Town]] | ||
'''Theog''' is a town and a [[municipal committee]] as well as a [[tehsil]] in [[Shimla district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. First settlements were in 1902.<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab State Gazetteers: pt. A. Simla Hill States|date=1935|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing, 1935|location=Punjab|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Theog}}</ref> | '''Theog''' is a town and a [[municipal committee]] as well as a [[tehsil]] in [[Shimla district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It's just 26 km from state capital [[Shimla]]. First settlements were in 1902.<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab State Gazetteers: pt. A. Simla Hill States|date=1935|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing, 1935|location=Punjab|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Theog}}</ref> | ||
==Demographics/History== | ==Demographics/History== | ||
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Theog had a population of 3,754. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Theog has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 56%. In Theog, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the census of 1931, the total population of Theog state was 6912; there were 6800 Hindus, 91 muslims and 21 Sikhs in Theog State in 1931.<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab State Gazetteers: pt. A. Simla Hill States|date=1935|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing, 1935 - Punjab (India)|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTBuAAAAMAAJ&q=theog}}</ref> | {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Theog had a population of 3,754. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Theog has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 56%. In Theog, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the census of 1931, the total population of Theog state was 6912; there were 6800 Hindus, 91 muslims and 21 Sikhs in Theog State in 1931.<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab State Gazetteers: pt. A. Simla Hill States|date=1935|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing, 1935 - Punjab (India)|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTBuAAAAMAAJ&q=theog}}</ref> | ||
The Chandel | The Chandel rulers of Theog share a common line of descent with the founders of Ghund clan and Dharampur Madhan, clan who were all together sons of a Chandel Rajput of Jaipur. The state was made subordinate to Keonthal Estate by a ''sanad'' of September 1815. | ||
Theog was Ziladari of CHANDEL Clan | Theog was Ziladari of CHANDEL Clan | ||