About Kakret Village

Kakret is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 19 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakret Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakret village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	54.34 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	19
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakret compares

By the 2011 count Kakret is the 411th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 54.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kakret

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

Kakret lies about 9.5 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 3.9 km away. 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 Kakret
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	9.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	9.5 km

Villages closest to Kakret

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Kakret

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakret village had a population of 37. That makes it the 411th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kakret village has 19 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakret has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kakret is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakret covers 54.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakret falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kakret is Kathleeghat, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kakret.

Kakret is about 9.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakret is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kathleeghat is about 3.9 km away. Shimla Rural is about 9.5 km away. Shimla is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.