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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Takhar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1557047|N|75.7560601|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 240
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 757<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/30204-takhar-punjab.html|title=Takhar Population per Census 2011|work=census2011.co.in}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 389/368 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144409
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
}}

'''Takhar''' is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 8 km from [[Phagwara]], 19.8 km from [[Phillaur]], 30.3 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 133 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://villageinfo.in/punjab/jalandhar/phillaur/takhar.html | title=About the village | work=villageinfo.in}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, The village has a total number of 162 houses and population of 757 of which include 389 are males while 368 are females according to the report [[published]] by [[Census India]] in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 81.64%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 76 which is 10.04% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 520 lower than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 56.94% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 219 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 187 males and 32 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.50% workers describe their work as main work and 10.50% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Mauli railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, Phagwara Junction [[train station]] is 8.5 km away from the village. The village is 47 km away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is 121 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

Takhar, Punjab - Revision history

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