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About Takoli Village

Takoli is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 19 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 262522
Area (hectares) 23.62 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 19
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Takoli compares

By the 2011 count Takoli is the 252nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 23.62 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Takoli

Takoli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Takoli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 26 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 52 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 Gangolihat 13 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 26 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 26 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 52 km

Villages closest to Takoli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangolihat 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 39. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Takoli village has 19 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takoli has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Takoli is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takoli covers 23.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Takoli falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Takoli is Kathgodam, about 52 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Takoli.

Takoli is about 26 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takoli is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 13 km away. Pithoragarh is about 26 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sukana (under 2 km), Badhar (2.0 km) and Dandadhar (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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