Tikri Kalan

Tikri Kalan
Neighborhood of Delhi
Tikri Kalan Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°40′59″N 76°57′54″E / 28.683°N 76.965°E / 28.683; 76.96528°40′59″N 76°57′54″E / 28.683°N 76.965°E / 28.683; 76.965
Country	India
State	Delhi
Founded by	Tika Drall
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110041

Tikri Kalan is a Census Town city in West Delhi district in the Indian state of Delhi. It is located on the Delhi-Rohtak Road (National Highway 10). This place is dominated by the "Drall" Gotra of the Jat and BRAHMINs Bhardwajs {Gotra} Community. This village gets its name from the Tika Drall.

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Khurd and Kalan are Persian words meaning small and large, respectively. They are used to distinguish Kalan (Big) villages from Khurd (Small) villages when the two are paired with the same name. *Drall* is the surname/Gotra of Jats living in the outskirts of Delhi and Haryana. Dharal found in Jats and Rajputs is branche of Bachak gotra.

School[]

Tikri is known as Delhi's best coaching centre called the Fourth Lord. It is located on the Delhi-Rohtak Road (National Highway 10). This place is dominated by the "Drall" Gotra of the Jat Community. This village gets its name from the Tika Drall.^[2]

Demographics[]

Some 3,455 houses abide there. As per Census India 2011, the town has a population of 16,313, of which 9,247 are males and 7,066 are females. The population of children aged 0–6 is 2,530, 15.51% of the total. Female Sex Ratio is at 764, lower than the state average of 868. Child Sex Ratio is around 831 compared to Delhi state average of 871. Literacy rate of Tikri Kalan city is 81.47%, lower than the state average of 86.21%. Male literacy is around 89.19% while the female literacy rate is at 71.21%.^[3]

Hindi is the local language.

Economy[]

5,728 people engage in work and business activity. Of the working population, 95.90% were engaged in main work while 4.10% were engaged in marginal work.^[3]

See also[]

• Tikri Khurd

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