Taksal is a village in
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
, India. Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas, it lies just above
Parwanoo
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. It borders Panchkula district of Haryana, and is after the towns of Pinjor ...
(
Solan district
Solan district is one of the twelve districts of the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Solan is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 1936 km2.
History
The territory of the p ...
). 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. Today, it contains an Outpost of the
Government Railway Police
The Government Railway Police ( IAST: ''Sarkārī Relve Pulis''), abbreviated as GRP, is the force responsible for policing railway stations and trains of Indian Railways. Its duties correspond to those of the District Police in the areas un ...
.
References
Villages in Solan district
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