Taksar, Bhojpur

Taksar is a former Village Development Committee and now a neighborhood of Bhojpur Municipality in Bhojpur District in Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the 1991 census, Taksar had a population of 4,524 persons living in 829 individual households.

On 18 May 2014, the Government of Nepal announced the establishment of 72 new municipalities across the country. At this time, Bhojpur Municipality was established, incorporating Bhojpur, Bhaisipankha, Bokhim and Taksar VDCs, subdivided into eleven wards.

According to the 2011 Nepal census, 3,350 individuals live in Taksar and it covers an area of 20.72 km2. It is now Ward No. 12 of Bhojpur Municipality.