About Takrota Village

Takrota is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 110 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takrota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takrota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173220
Area (hectares)	42.66 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	110
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takrota compares

By the 2011 count Takrota is the 64th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 42.66 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Takrota

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

Takrota lies about 14 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Koti, about 3.4 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 Takrota
Nearest railway station	Koti	3.4 km
Nearest town	Kālka	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	9.2 km
District headquarters	Solan	14 km

Villages closest to Takrota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takrota village had a population of 209. That makes it the 64th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Takrota village has 110 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takrota has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Takrota is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takrota covers 42.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takrota falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Takrota is Koti, about 3.4 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 Takrota.

Takrota is about 14 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takrota is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Koti is about 3.4 km away. Kālka is about 6.4 km away. Kasauli is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.