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About Takhawan Village

Takhawan is a large village in Jalesar tehsil, in the district of Etah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,152, made up of 1,719 males and 1,433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 747.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 207302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takhawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takhawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etah
Tehsil Jalesar
Pincode 207302
Area (hectares) 747.86 hectares
Population 3,152
Male Population 1,719
Female Population 1,433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Takhawan compares

By the 2011 count Takhawan is the 29th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents. Its 747.86 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 872.

Getting to Takhawan

Takhawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Takhawan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Takhawan from other places

Takhawan lies about 41 km from Etah, and the nearest railway station is Shivwala Tehu, about 6.2 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 Takhawan
Nearest railway station Shivwala Tehu 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalesar 8.6 km
District headquarters Etah 41 km

Villages closest to Takhawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takhawan village had a population of 3,152. That makes it the 29th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents.

Takhawan village has 1,719 males and 1,433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takhawan has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Takhawan is 207302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takhawan covers 747.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takhawan falls under Jalesar tehsil of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Takhawan is Shivwala Tehu, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Takhawan.

Takhawan is about 41 km from Etah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takhawan is in Jalesar tehsil of Etah district. Shivwala Tehu is about 6.2 km away. Jalesar is about 8.6 km away. Etah is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barasamaspur (under 2 km), Bahadurpur Kasimpur (2.1 km) and Brijpur Chanda (2.2 km).

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

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