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About Takhu Chak Village

Takhu Chak is a mid sized village in Tarn Taran tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 909, made up of 499 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takhu Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takhu Chak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Tarn Taran
Tehsil Tarn Taran
Pincode 143402
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 909
Male Population 499
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Takhu Chak compares

By the 2011 count Takhu Chak is the 151st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,215 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Takhu Chak

The census records public bus service for Takhu Chak as Available within <5 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 Takhu Chak from other places

Takhu Chak lies about 8.3 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Jandoke, about under 2 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 Takhu Chak
Nearest railway station Jandoke under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarn Taran 8.3 km

Villages closest to Takhu Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tarn Taran 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 Takhu Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Takhu Chak village had a population of 909. That makes it the 151st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,215 residents.

Takhu Chak village has 499 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takhu Chak has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Takhu Chak is 143402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takhu Chak covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takhu Chak falls under Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Takhu Chak is Jandoke, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Takhu Chak.

Takhu Chak is about 8.3 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takhu Chak is in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Jandoke is about under 2 km away. Tarn Taran is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakhira (under 2 km), Jandoke (under 2 km) and Sarhali Khurd (1.7 km).

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

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