About Taksal Village

Taksal is a large village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,172, made up of 1,951 males and 1,221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 626 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taksal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taksal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173220
Area (hectares)	58.37 hectares
Population	3,172
Male Population	1,951
Female Population	1,221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	626
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taksal compares

By the 2011 count Taksal is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 58.37 hectares work out to about 54 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Taksal

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

Taksal lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Taksal, about under 2 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 Taksal
Nearest railway station	Taksal	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kālka	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	5.5 km
District headquarters	Solan	16 km

Villages closest to Taksal

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 Taksal

As per the Census of India 2011, Taksal village had a population of 3,172. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Taksal village has 1,951 males and 1,221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taksal has about 626 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

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

Taksal covers 58.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 54 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Taksal is Taksal, about under 2 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 Taksal.

Taksal is about 16 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taksal is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Taksal is about under 2 km away. Kālka is about 2.2 km away. Kasauli is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.