About Kataun Village

Kataun is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 104 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kataun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kataun village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Pincode	814131
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	104
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kataun compares

By the 2011 count Kataun is the 185th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Kataun

Kataun is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kataun as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kataun from other places

Kataun lies about 120 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 5.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kataun
Nearest railway station	Kusheshwar Asthan	5.0 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	120 km

Villages closest to Kataun

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kataun

As per the Census of India 2011, Kataun village had a population of 205. That makes it the 185th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Kataun village has 104 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kataun has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Kataun is 814131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kataun covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kataun falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kataun is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kataun.

Kataun is about 120 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kataun is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 5.0 km away. Bakhri is about 21 km away. Chanan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.