Tikri Kalan is a Census Town city in

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district in the

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. It is located on the Delhi-

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

Road (National Highway 10). This place is dominated by the "Drall" Gotra of the

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Community. This village gets its name from the Teka Drall

Khurd and Kalan Khurd and Kalan (Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, خرد اور کلاں Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, خرد اتے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the smaller (Khu ...

are

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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-

Road (National Highway 10). This place is dominated by the "Drall" Gotra of the

Community. This village gets its name from the Tika Drall.

Demographics

Some 3,455 houses abide there. As per

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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

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is at 764, lower than the state average of 868. Child

is around 831 compared to

state average of 871.

Literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

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%.

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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.

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{{Reflist Neighbourhoods in Delhi Cities and towns in West Delhi district

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