About Takwa Village

Takwa is a mid sized village in Pakar Tanr tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 936, made up of 480 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524.05 hectares hectares.

Takwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Pakar Tanr
Area (hectares)	524.05 hectares
Population	936
Male Population	480
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takwa compares

By the 2011 count Takwa is the 14th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 524.05 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 977.

Getting to Takwa

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

Takwa lies about 18 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 48 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 Takwa
Tehsil headquarters	Pakar Tanr	6.6 km
District headquarters	Simdega	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kanaroan	48 km

Villages closest to Takwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakar Tanr 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 Takwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Takwa village had a population of 936. That makes it the 14th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Takwa village has 480 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takwa has about 950 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 977.

Takwa covers 524.05 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.

Takwa falls under Pakar Tanr tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Takwa is Kanaroan, about 48 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Takwa.

Takwa is about 18 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takwa is in Pakar Tanr tehsil of Simdega district. Pakar Tanr is about 6.6 km away. Simdega is about 18 km away. Kanaroan is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.