Taksal
Taksal is a village in Himachal Pradesh, India. Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas, it lies just above Parwanoo. Taksal got its name from takka which means coins and because it used to be a place where coins were made in the time of kings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Also known as: “Taksāl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalka railway station and Koti railway station.
Kalka railway station
Railway station
Kalka Railway Station, at Kalka in Haryana state of India, is the northern terminus of the Delhi–Kalka line and the starting point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. It serves passengers moving on to Delhi and Shimla. Kalka railway station is situated 3 km west of Taksal.
Koti railway station
Railway station
Photo: Arupamdas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koti railway station is situated 3 km east of Taksal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parwanoo and Kalka.
Parwanoo
Town
Photo: Giridhar Appaji Nag Y, CC BY 2.0.
Parwanoo or Parwanu is a municipal council in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is an industrial town. It has Himachal's biggest wholesale market.
Kalka
Kalka is in Haryana, right up at the Northeastern tip of the state on the border with Himachal Pradesh.Kasauli
Photo: Deekaylucknow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kasauli is a small town in the state of Southern Himachal Pradesh located at an altitude of 1,927 m. The town is 77 km from Shimla and 70 km from Chandigarh.
Taksal
- Category: village in India
- Location: Parwanoo, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tamil—“Taksal” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Taksal”
- Chinese: “托蘇”
- Dutch: “Taksal”
- Hindi: “टकसाल, सोलन”
- Panjabi: “ਟਕਸਾਲ, ਸੋਲਨ”
- South Azerbaijani: “تاکسال”
- Tamil: “தக்சல்”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ambota State Forest and Guman State Forest.
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