Thunja population

Thunja population
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Hierarchy
Appellation	Thunja (appellation)
Growing area	Parvati Valley
Growing region	Western Himalayas
Country	India
Population
In the field	Present (2025-10)
Map point	31.9811, 77.342 (the appellation's point)
Conservation
Field grade	Data deficient
Items scored	0 of 23 (16 needed)
Item set	Cultivated
Holdings	Urgent · every verified copy is Urgent 6 verified copies from 6 collections; places: not known Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220017 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250007 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250008 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250009 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250010 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250011
Method	v0.1 (as of 2026-10-17)
Items Item Score Seen or told Source A1.1 Outer area the population is grown within not known A1.2 Area actually planted not known A1.3 Households that sow and save its seed every year not known A2.1 Loss of outer area over ten years not known A2.2 Loss of planted area over ten years not known A2.3 Year-to-year swing in planted area not known A2.4 Loss of seed-saving households over ten years not known A3.1 Share of descriptors showing two or more states not known A3.2 Share of growers who swap seed locally not known B1.1 Share of growers who say seed is plentiful not known B1.2 Share of growers with someone to take it over not known B1.3 Other local landraces given up in ten years not known B1.4 Share of the crop under modern varieties not known C1.1 Outside support for growing or selling it not known C1.2 How far its main product is sold not known C1.3 How many households use it not known C2.1 Average age of growers not known D1.1 Grown on farms with or without support not known D2.1 Share of growers farming in the traditional way not known D2.2 Share of growers using bought farm chemicals not known D3.1 Payments or pressure to switch varieties not known D3.2 Share of growers hit by floods, drought or fire not known E1 Eradication by the authorities over ten years not known

The Thunja population is the cannabis of Thunja village and its fields in the Thunja appellation, in the Parvati Valley growing area of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Zomia Collective's collection documentation counts Thunja among the three main charas-producing villages of the Grahan side valley, with Grahan and Pulgi. It places Thunja's fields on south-west-facing slopes at about 2,500 m and classes the valley's cannabis as a narrow-leaflet drug-type landrace population grown for charas.

Accessions

One selection was collected at Thunja under the expedition code HIMA01. Five general-population collections followed under HIM25 on 29 October 2025.

Accession	Village	Type	Collected	Holder
ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220017	Thunja	Selection	2023-09-13	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250007	Thunja	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250008	Thunja	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250009	Thunja	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250010	Thunja	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250011	Thunja	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library

Eradication

The Zomia Collective's index of growing regions tags the Thunja fields "Eradications Ongoing", a tag it defines as "Active eradication observed or reported".

See also

• Thunja (appellation)
• Parvati Valley
• Western Himalayas
• Grahan population
• Pulgi population