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About Takoli Village

Takoli is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 73 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,329 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 46.97 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 73
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,329
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Takoli compares

By the 2011 count Takoli is the 153rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 46.97 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Takoli

Takoli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Takoli as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Takoli from other places

Takoli lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 41 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 Takoli
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 41 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 41 km

Villages closest to Takoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takoli village had a population of 170. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Takoli village has 73 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takoli has about 1329 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Takoli is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takoli covers 46.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takoli falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Takoli is Kotdwara, about 41 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Takoli.

Takoli is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takoli is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Kotdwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bheta (under 2 km), Chimna (under 2 km) and Nad (2.0 km).

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

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