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.