Zakatkhana Explained

Zakatkhana
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Himachal Pradesh#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates:31.2837°N 76.7132°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Himachal Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bilaspur
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2500
Population As Of:2009
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Languages
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi Kehluri
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:174011
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:1978
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Swarghat
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Hamirpur
Blank3 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Kot-Kahloor
Blank1 Name Sec2:Climate
Blank1 Info Sec2:Cool (Köppen)

Zakatkhana is a village in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, Northern India surrounded on three sides by the Govind Sagar lake, which was created by the building of the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej River. Zakatkhana lies from Swarghat.

The name derives from zakat meaning "toll tax" owing to the village's "toll tax barrier" at the time of the British Raj. Zakatkhana is on the old National Highway-21 from Bilaspur to Rupnagar in Punjab before 1954, when it was merged following construction of the Bhakhra Dam. To reach the village one can take NH 21 from Chandigarh and after travelling from Chandigarh there is a small hill station at Swarghat.

This village is also known as land of temples as it is the location of the Sidh baba Balak nath mandir and is also home to the Rupeshwar Mahadev and Maa Sherawali temples.

Zakatkhana Pin code is 174011 and people of Zakatkhana village use Hindi language for communication.

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