About Takam Village

Takam is a mid sized village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 573 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 620.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Berla
Pincode	491331
Area (hectares)	620.39 hectares
Population	1,133
Male Population	573
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takam compares

By the 2011 count Takam is the 66th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 620.39 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Takam

Takam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Takam as Available. 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 Takam from other places

Takam lies about 51 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 33 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 Takam
Tehsil headquarters	Berla	8.9 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	33 km
District headquarters	Durg	51 km

Villages closest to Takam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Berla 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 Takam

As per the Census of India 2011, Takam village had a population of 1,133. That makes it the 66th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Takam village has 573 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takam has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Takam is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takam covers 620.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Takam falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Takam is Tilda-Neora, about 33 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Takam.

Takam is about 51 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takam is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Berla is about 8.9 km away. Bemetāra is about 14 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.