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About Takhala Village

Takhala is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 522 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.26 hectares hectares.

Takhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takhala village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 258.26 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 522
Female Population 488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Takhala compares

By the 2011 count Takhala is the 55th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 258.26 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Takhala

The census records public bus service for Takhala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Takhala from other places

Takhala lies about 12 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, about 1.6 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 Takhala
Nearest railway station Niwar 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 12 km
District headquarters Katni 12 km
Nearest town Murwāra 12 km

Villages closest to Takhala

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

Common questions about Takhala

As per the Census of India 2011, Takhala village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 55th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Takhala village has 522 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takhala has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Takhala covers 258.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takhala falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Takhala is Niwar, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Takhala.

Takhala is about 12 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takhala is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 1.6 km away. Murwara is about 12 km away. Katni is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhapai (1.7 km), Pahadi (2.2 km) and Jarwahi (2.4 km).

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

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