About Taksiwa Village

Taksiwa is a mid sized village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,614, made up of 810 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taksiwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taksiwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Berla
Pincode	491332
Area (hectares)	774.95 hectares
Population	1,614
Male Population	810
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taksiwa compares

By the 2011 count Taksiwa is the 37th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 774.95 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Taksiwa

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

Taksiwa lies about 48 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Baikunth, about 31 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 Taksiwa
Tehsil headquarters	Berla	5.5 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Baikunth	31 km
District headquarters	Durg	48 km

Villages closest to Taksiwa

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 Taksiwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Taksiwa village had a population of 1,614. That makes it the 37th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Taksiwa village has 810 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taksiwa has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Taksiwa is 491332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taksiwa covers 774.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taksiwa falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Taksiwa is Baikunth, about 31 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 Taksiwa.

Taksiwa is about 48 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taksiwa is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Berla is about 5.5 km away. Bemetāra is about 16 km away. Baikunth is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.