Takha is a village in the Etawah district

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. It is also a Sub-Division (

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

) and Block (Kshetra Panchayat) of the Etawah district.

Geography

Takha is a block and a tehsil. It is located north of the district headquarters and nearest city

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. It is about away from the historic city of the

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and from the state capital

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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 Etawah Junction railway station (station code ETW) is one of the main railway stations on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line. It is away from Kanpur Central. Tundla is from here, from where lines to Agra bifurcates. It is ...

& Ekdil Airport Saifai airstrip is only 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

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(ICSE) or the

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(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.

References

Villages in Etawah district {{Etawah-geo-stub