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About Takipur Village

Takipur is a mid sized village in Nalhati I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,761, made up of 910 males and 851 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731220, 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 Nalhati I
Pincode 731220
Area (hectares) 398.79 hectares
Population 1,761
Male Population 910
Female Population 851
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Takipur compares

By the 2011 count Takipur is the 44th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 398.79 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Takipur

Takipur 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 Takipur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 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 Nalhati I 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 Nalhati I 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 Takipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Takipur village had a population of 1,761. That makes it the 44th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Takipur village has 910 males and 851 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takipur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Takipur is 731220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takipur covers 398.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Takipur falls under Nalhati I 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 village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village 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 Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district. Takipur is about under 2 km away. Nalhāti is about 7.7 km away. Nalhati I 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 Kogram (under 2 km), Kalitha (2.4 km) and Shri Ballavpur (2.7 km).

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

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