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About Katiawan Village

Katiawan is a large village in Rajaun tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,032, made up of 1,100 males and 932 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katiawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katiawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Rajaun
Pincode 813107
Area (hectares) 100 hectares
Population 2,032
Male Population 1,100
Female Population 932
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katiawan compares

By the 2011 count Katiawan is the 27th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Katiawan

Katiawan 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 Katiawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katiawan from other places

Katiawan 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 Katiawan
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 Katiawan

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.

Common questions about Katiawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Katiawan village had a population of 2,032. That makes it the 27th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Katiawan village has 1,100 males and 932 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katiawan has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Katiawan is 813107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katiawan covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katiawan falls under Rajaun tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katiawan is Punsia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katiawan.

Katiawan 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.

Katiawan 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.

The closest recorded villages are Katia (under 2 km), Jagdishpur (under 2 km) and Odhara (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katiawan today is likely to be higher.

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