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About Takhtu Chak Village

Takhtu Chak is a large village in Khadur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,289, made up of 1,208 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takhtu Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takhtu Chak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Tarn Taran
Tehsil Khadur Sahib
Pincode 143115
Area (hectares) 445 hectares
Population 2,289
Male Population 1,208
Female Population 1,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Takhtu Chak compares

By the 2011 count Takhtu Chak is the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,994 residents. Its 445 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 922.

Getting to Takhtu Chak

Takhtu Chak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Takhtu Chak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Takhtu Chak from other places

Takhtu Chak lies about 16 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Tangra, about 8.4 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 Takhtu Chak
Nearest railway station Tangra 8.4 km
Nearest town Jandiāla Gurū 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Khadur Sahib 16 km
District headquarters Tarn Taran 16 km

Villages closest to Takhtu Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khadur Sahib 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 Takhtu Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Takhtu Chak village had a population of 2,289. That makes it the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,994 residents.

Takhtu Chak village has 1,208 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takhtu Chak has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Takhtu Chak is 143115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takhtu Chak covers 445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takhtu Chak falls under Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Takhtu Chak is Tangra, about 8.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Takhtu Chak.

Takhtu Chak is about 16 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takhtu Chak is in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Tangra is about 8.4 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 8.9 km away. Khadur Sahib is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jati Umra (under 2 km), Sahnsra (1.9 km) and Khakh (1.9 km).

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

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