About Takra Village

Takra is a mid sized village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,311, made up of 719 males and 592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares.

Takra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Rafiganj
Area (hectares)	246 hectares
Population	1,311
Male Population	719
Female Population	592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takra compares

By the 2011 count Takra is the 77th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Takra

Takra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Takra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Takra from other places

Takra lies about 22 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 3.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Takra
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rafiganj	5.2 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	22 km

Villages closest to Takra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rafiganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Takra

As per the Census of India 2011, Takra village had a population of 1,311. That makes it the 77th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Takra village has 719 males and 592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takra has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Takra covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takra falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Takra is Dev Road Halt, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Takra.

Takra is about 22 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takra is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about 3.6 km away. Rafiganj is about 5.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.