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'''Kailana''' which is located nearby, was established at the same time as an Army Convalescent Depot. Its function may have changed changed, as circa 1891, "The troops here consist of two bodies of men. A whole regiment is quartered upon two hills known as Chakrata proper. On an adjacent hill, called Kailana, which is about two-and-a-half miles from Chakrata , some 750 men (small detachments from several regiments and batteries), known as "details" are located. The "details" generally march up some ten or twelve days later than the regiment". <ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsepi08londgoog#page/n40/mode/2up "On the Cause of Enteric Fever in India"] by H Skey Muir M. D., page 25 1891 Archive.org</ref>
The station was isolated and the hills considered to have particularly steep gradients. <ref name=IHS>chuckdonachie [http://blackwatchforumswww.coblackwatch.uk50megs.com/showthreadindianhill.php?10744-INDIAN-HILL-STATIONS-VISITED-BY-THE-42ND-REGIMENT-1931-1935 html Indian Hill Stations Visited by the 42nd Regiment 1931-1935] from Ian Davidson''s The Black Watch Forums'' 11th January 2011Archive. The information was based on the ''Red Hackle'' Regimental Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2015</ref>
There was a brewery located a few miles down hill of Chakatra,<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=3fl4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT13 Chapter: "My early childhood days"] c late 1920s, ''Biography of a Soldier Doctor'' by Parampal Singh Coonar Google Books</ref> the Cart Road Brewery.
