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About Takhtupura Village

Takhtupura is a large village in Nihal Singhwala tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,641, made up of 2,495 males and 2,146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1278 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takhtupura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takhtupura village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Moga
Tehsil Nihal Singhwala
Pincode 142035
Area (hectares) 1278 hectares
Population 4,641
Male Population 2,495
Female Population 2,146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Takhtupura compares

By the 2011 count Takhtupura is the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents. Its 1278 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Takhtupura

Takhtupura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Takhtupura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Takhtupura from other places

Takhtupura lies about 30 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ajitwal, about 25 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 Takhtupura
Tehsil headquarters Nihal Singhwala 5.1 km
Nearest town Bagha Purana 25 km
Nearest railway station Ajitwal 25 km
District headquarters Moga 30 km

Villages closest to Takhtupura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihal Singhwala 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 Takhtupura

As per the Census of India 2011, Takhtupura village had a population of 4,641. That makes it the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents.

Takhtupura village has 2,495 males and 2,146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takhtupura has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Takhtupura is 142035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takhtupura covers 1278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takhtupura falls under Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Takhtupura is Ajitwal, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Takhtupura.

Takhtupura is about 30 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takhtupura is in Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district. Nihal Singhwala is about 5.1 km away. Bagha Purana is about 25 km away. Ajitwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohara (2.4 km), Dhulkot Ransin (3.3 km) and Bhagike (3.4 km).

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

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