About Takia Farook Shah Village

Takia Farook Shah is a mid sized village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 819, made up of 454 males and 365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takia Farook Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takia Farook Shah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khansahib
Pincode	191111
Area (hectares)	270.7 hectares
Population	819
Male Population	454
Female Population	365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takia Farook Shah compares

By the 2011 count Takia Farook Shah is the 46th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 270.7 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 924.

Getting to Takia Farook Shah

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

Takia Farook Shah lies about 13 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 10 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 Takia Farook Shah
Nearest town	Soyībug	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	10 km
District headquarters	Badgam	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khansahib	23 km

Villages closest to Takia Farook Shah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khansahib 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 Takia Farook Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Takia Farook Shah village had a population of 819. That makes it the 46th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Takia Farook Shah village has 454 males and 365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takia Farook Shah has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Takia Farook Shah is 191111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takia Farook Shah covers 270.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takia Farook Shah falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Takia Farook Shah is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Takia Farook Shah.

Takia Farook Shah is about 13 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takia Farook Shah is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Soyībug is about 6.7 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 10 km away. Badgam is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doru (9.1 km), Dabi Pora (9.1 km) and Gund Ali Naik (10 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Takia Farook Shah today is likely to be higher.