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About Katrasin Village

Katrasin is a mid sized village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 633 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228 hectares hectares.

Katrasin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrasin village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Makhdumpur
Area (hectares) 228 hectares
Population 1,242
Male Population 633
Female Population 609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Katrasin compares

By the 2011 count Katrasin is the 65th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 228 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 929.

Getting to Katrasin

Katrasin 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 Katrasin 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 Katrasin from other places

Katrasin lies about 21 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ner Halt, about 3.3 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 Katrasin
Nearest railway station Ner Halt 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Makhdumpur 5.2 km
District headquarters Jehanabad 21 km

Villages closest to Katrasin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrasin village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 65th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Katrasin village has 633 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrasin has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Katrasin covers 228 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katrasin falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katrasin is Ner Halt, about 3.3 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 Katrasin.

Katrasin is about 21 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrasin is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ner Halt is about 3.3 km away. Makhdumpur is about 5.2 km away. Jehanabad is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaitia (under 2 km), Chhatiana (under 2 km) and Jagpura (1.8 km).

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

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