About Katia Village

Katia is a mid sized village in Rajaun tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,577, made up of 837 males and 740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares.

Katia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Rajaun
Area (hectares)	157 hectares
Population	1,577
Male Population	837
Female Population	740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katia compares

By the 2011 count Katia is the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Katia

Katia 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 Katia 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 Katia from other places

Katia lies about 12 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about under 2 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 Katia
Nearest railway station	Punsia	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajaun	5.2 km
District headquarters	Banka	12 km
Nearest town	Bānka	12 km

Villages closest to Katia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajaun 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 Katia

As per the Census of India 2011, Katia village had a population of 1,577. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Katia village has 837 males and 740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katia has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Katia covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katia falls under Rajaun tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katia is Punsia, about under 2 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 Katia.

Katia is about 12 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katia is in Rajaun tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about under 2 km away. Rajaun is about 5.2 km away. Banka is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.