About Takipur Village

Takipur is a mid sized village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 272 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, 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	Sainthia
Pincode	731234
Area (hectares)	125.39 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	272
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
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 Takipur compares

By the 2011 count Takipur is the 129th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 125.39 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

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 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 Takipur from other places

Takipur lies about 28 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sainthia Junction, about 3.9 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	Sainthia Junction	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sainthia	4.1 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	28 km

Villages closest to Takipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sainthia 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 561. That makes it the 129th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Takipur village has 272 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Takipur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Takipur is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Takipur covers 125.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Takipur is Sainthia Junction, about 3.9 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 Takipur.

Takipur is about 28 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 Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Sainthia Junction is about 3.9 km away. Sainthia is about 4.1 km away. Birbhum is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.