About Takahan Village

Takahan is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 46 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	46
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takahan compares

By the 2011 count Takahan is the 209th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 951.

Getting to Takahan

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

Takahan lies about 17 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 29 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 Takahan
Nearest town	Nāhan	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	17 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	29 km

Villages closest to Takahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takahan village had a population of 87. That makes it the 209th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Takahan village has 46 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takahan has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Takahan is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takahan covers 127 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.

Takahan falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Takahan is Barog, about 29 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 village for Takahan.

Takahan is about 17 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takahan is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 13 km away. Pachhad is about 17 km away. Sirmaur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.