About Naktara Village

Naktara is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 45 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naktara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171205
Area (hectares)	45.94 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	45
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naktara compares

By the 2011 count Naktara is the 118th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 45.94 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 971.

Getting to Naktara

Naktara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naktara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Naktara from other places

Naktara lies about 47 km from Shimla. 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 Naktara
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	1.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to Naktara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naktara village had a population of 81. That makes it the 118th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Naktara village has 45 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naktara has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Naktara is 171205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naktara covers 45.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naktara falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Naktara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Naktara.

Naktara is about 47 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naktara is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 1.5 km away. Shimla is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.