About Karkataha Village

Karkataha is a large village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,302, made up of 1,150 males and 1,152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304 hectares hectares.

Karkataha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkataha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Katiya
Area (hectares)	304 hectares
Population	2,302
Male Population	1,150
Female Population	1,152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkataha compares

By the 2011 count Karkataha is the 7th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 304 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Karkataha

Karkataha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkataha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkataha from other places

Karkataha lies about 27 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Phulwaria, about 11 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 Karkataha
Nearest railway station	Phulwaria	11 km
Nearest town	Mirganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katiya	27 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	27 km

Villages closest to Karkataha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkataha village had a population of 2,302. That makes it the 7th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Karkataha village has 1,150 males and 1,152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkataha has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1114.

Karkataha covers 304 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karkataha falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karkataha is Phulwaria, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Karkataha is about 27 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkataha is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Phulwaria is about 11 km away. Mirganj is about 15 km away. Katiya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.