About Takrana Village

Takrana is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 71 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 648 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takrana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takrana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173212
Area (hectares)	113.15 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	71
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	648
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takrana compares

By the 2011 count Takrana is the 110th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 113.15 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 967.

Getting to Takrana

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

Takrana lies about 8.5 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 6.8 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 Takrana
Nearest railway station	Salogra	6.8 km
District headquarters	Solan	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	10 km

Villages closest to Takrana

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.

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Common questions about Takrana

As per the Census of India 2011, Takrana village had a population of 117. That makes it the 110th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Takrana village has 71 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takrana has about 648 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Takrana is 173212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takrana covers 113.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Takrana is Salogra, about 6.8 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 Takrana.

Takrana is about 8.5 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takrana is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 6.8 km away. Solan is about 8.5 km away. Kandaghat is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.