Takra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Takra is a village in Rafiganj mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar with a population of 1,311 across 200 households. The literacy rate is 49.6%, and the village is located at coordinates 25.471°N, 85.706°E under PIN code 824125.
By population, Takra ranks #79 of 216 villages in Rafiganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Takra is a village of 1,311 people in 200 households (Census 2011) in Rafiganj block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 79th-largest of 216 villages in Rafiganj block. Literacy is 50%, 4 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 823 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 10 km from Pundarakh, the nearest town, 1 km from Barh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824125, served by Rafiganj post office; the LGD village code is 253132. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pandarak General Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Sarita Devi, and the village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 1,546 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baligawn →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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