Takana (Persian: تکانه) also Takānah-ye Bālā, is a subdistrict and village of Jalrez District, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan.

[1] It lies along the Kabul–Behsud Highway, to the west of the town of Jalrez.

[2] The Taliban invaded Takana and Jalrez on July 20, 1997.

Wahdat forces, consisting of mainly Hazaras, retreated into the valley and reportedly took out 70 Taliban in a counterattack, setting them on fire.

[3] Though mainly ethnic Hazaras,[3] a population of Tajiks live in the village.