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About Takha Village

Takha is a large village in Shikohabad tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,994, made up of 1,625 males and 1,369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513.97 hectares hectares.

Takha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Firozabad
Tehsil Shikohabad
Area (hectares) 513.97 hectares
Population 2,994
Male Population 1,625
Female Population 1,369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Takha compares

By the 2011 count Takha is the 43rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents. Its 513.97 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 873.

Getting to Takha

Takha 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 Takha 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Takha from other places

Takha lies about 35 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Kaurara, about 14 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 Takha
Nearest town Sirsāganj 11 km
Nearest railway station Kaurara 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikohabad 16 km
District headquarters Firozabad 35 km

Villages closest to Takha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Takha village had a population of 2,994. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,886 residents.

Takha village has 1,625 males and 1,369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takha has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

Takha covers 513.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takha falls under Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Takha is Kaurara, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Takha.

Takha is about 35 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Takha is in Shikohabad tehsil of Firozabad district. Sirsāganj is about 11 km away. Kaurara is about 14 km away. Shikohabad 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 Ibrahimpur Sarsauli (1.9 km), Kheria Mashat (2.0 km) and Sarsauli (2.1 km).

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

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