# Taktahiya Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Taktahiya

Taktahiya is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,362 people in 206 households**, the 156th largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,362people (2011)
- 206households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taktahiya

Of every 100 households in Taktahiya in 2011, 21 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Taktahiya · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**86%

Use banking services ****77%**

**69%

Television ****26%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Taktahiya?

■ Taktahiya · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**926

Working population ****34.3%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 48.4% for women. 46% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (18%) · **■** Household industry 81 (17%) · **■** Other work 75 (16%) · **■** Marginal 84 (18%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Karchhana

- Mohiuddinpur1,394 people
- Kuaan1,393 people
- Rajapur1,392 people
- Chilli1,371 people
- Rampur Uperhar1,357 people
- Gaothi Taluka Purwa1,347 people
- Chandi1,333 people
- Kachari1,329 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taktahiya?1,362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taktahiya in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Taktahiya?63.7% (Census 2011)