About Takipur Village

Takipur is a small village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 159 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Takipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Takipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Illambazar
Pincode	731121
Area (hectares)	60.29 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	159
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Takipur compares

By the 2011 count Takipur is the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 60.29 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 944.

Getting to Takipur

Takipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Takipur as Available within 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 Takipur from other places

Takipur lies about 16 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Takipur, 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 Takipur
Nearest railway station	Takipur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Illambazar	16 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	16 km

Villages closest to Takipur

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

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Common questions about Takipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Takipur village had a population of 300. That makes it the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Takipur village has 159 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takipur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Takipur is 731121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takipur covers 60.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takipur falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Takipur is Takipur, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Takipur.

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

Takipur is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Takipur is about under 2 km away. Nalhāti is about 7.7 km away. Illambazar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.