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About Shakret Village

Shakret is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 25 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakret Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakret village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173222
Area (hectares) 15.94 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 25
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakret compares

By the 2011 count Shakret is the 186th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 15.94 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Shakret

Shakret is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shakret as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Shakret from other places

Shakret lies about 19 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 7.5 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 Shakret
Nearest railway station Jutogh 7.5 km
Nearest town Shimla 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 13 km
District headquarters Solan 19 km

Villages closest to Shakret

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

Common questions about Shakret

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakret village had a population of 50. That makes it the 186th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Shakret village has 25 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakret has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Shakret is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakret covers 15.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakret falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakret is Jutogh, about 7.5 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 <5 km distance for Shakret.

Shakret is about 19 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakret is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Jutogh is about 7.5 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Kandaghat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sair (under 2 km), Sunkhi (under 2 km) and Poabo (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shakret today is likely to be higher.

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