About Taku Village

Taku is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 504 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taku village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	1,087
Male Population	504
Female Population	583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,157
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taku compares

By the 2011 count Taku is the 33rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Taku

Taku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taku as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Taku from other places

Taku lies about 17 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 9.0 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 Taku
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	1.9 km
Nearest railway station	Barkichampi	9.0 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	17 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	17 km

Villages closest to Taku

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taku village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Taku village has 504 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taku has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Taku is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taku covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taku falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Taku is Barkichampi, about 9.0 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 village for Taku.

Taku is about 17 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taku is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 1.9 km away. Barkichampi is about 9.0 km away. Lohardaga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.