Takha

Takha
Village
Takha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.82°N 79.30°E / 26.82; 79.30
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Etawah
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,969
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-75
Literacy	75.74%
Lok Sabha Constituency	Mainpuri
Vidhan Sabha Constituency	Jaswantnagar
Highways	Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Airport	Saifai airstrip

Takha is a village in the Etawah district Uttar Pradesh. It is also a Sub-Division (Tehsil) and Block (Kshetra Panchayat) of the Etawah district.

Geography

Takha is a block and a tehsil. It is located 23 km (14 mi) north of the district headquarters and nearest city Etawah. It is about 140 km (87 mi) away from the historic city of the Taj Mahal, Agra and 190 km (120 mi) from the state capital Lucknow.

Takha Tehsil Etawah

• Takha is a subdistrict

Transport

Roads

Takha has a good road connection to the Agra Lucknow Expressway. Takha UPSRTC Services serve Takha Tehsil Bus Stand

Railway

Takha has no railway station. Nearby stations are Etawah Junction railway station & Ekdil

Airport

Saifai airstrip is only 8 km (5.0 mi) from the village and provides connectivity to Delhi, Nearby International Airport is Taj International Airport Jewar Uttar Pradesh

Education

Schools & Colleges in Takha are either government run schools or private schools . The schools are affiliated to the All-India Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) or the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) boards.

• Jila Panchayat School Usrahar
• Usrahar Public School

Demographic

As of the 2011 census the population was 10,969 of which 5,942 were male and 5,027 female. The population of children between age 0-6 was 1674 which was 15.26% of the total population.