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About Takoli Village

Takoli is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 95 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,411 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Jakhnidhar
Pincode 249121
Area (hectares) 47.96 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 95
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,411
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Takoli compares

By the 2011 count Takoli is the 44th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 47.96 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Takoli

Takoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Takoli as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Takoli from other places

Takoli lies about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 43 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
Nearest town Srīnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhnidhar 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 21 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 43 km

Villages closest to Takoli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jakhnidhar 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 229. That makes it the 44th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Takoli village has 95 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takoli has about 1411 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Takoli is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takoli covers 47.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takoli falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Takoli is Rishikesh, about 43 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Takoli.

Takoli is about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takoli is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 14 km away. Jakhnidhar is about 16 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghogas (6.4 km), Dobh (6.5 km) and Andrethi (6.7 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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