About Takarma Village

Takarma is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 361 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takarma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takarma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	179 hectares
Population	735
Male Population	361
Female Population	374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takarma compares

By the 2011 count Takarma is the 46th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Takarma

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

Takarma lies about 39 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 15 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 Takarma
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	15 km
Nearest town	Simdega	33 km
District headquarters	Gumla	39 km

Villages closest to Takarma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takarma village had a population of 735. That makes it the 46th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Takarma village has 361 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takarma has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Takarma is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takarma covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takarma falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Takarma is Kurkura, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Takarma.

Takarma is about 39 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takarma is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 12 km away. Kurkura is about 15 km away. Simdega is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.