About Katar Village

Katar is one of the larger villages in Piro tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,484, made up of 7,111 males and 6,373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594 hectares hectares.

Katar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Piro
Area (hectares)	594 hectares
Population	13,484
Male Population	7,111
Female Population	6,373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katar compares

By the 2011 count Katar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents. Its 594 hectares work out to about 23 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 936.

Getting to Katar

Katar 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 Katar 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 Katar from other places

Katar lies about 34 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 5.9 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 Katar
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	5.9 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Piro	34 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	34 km

Villages closest to Katar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katar village had a population of 13,484. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents.

Katar village has 7,111 males and 6,373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katar has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Katar covers 594 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katar falls under Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katar is Pawakhali, about 5.9 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 Katar.

Katar is about 34 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katar is in Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district. Pawakhali is about 5.9 km away. Bahādurganj is about 15 km away. Piro is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.