About Keotia Village

Keotia is a mid sized village in Pranpur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 525 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keotia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keotia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Pranpur
Pincode	854116
Area (hectares)	193.05 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	525
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keotia compares

By the 2011 count Keotia is the 44th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents. Its 193.05 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Keotia

Keotia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Keotia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Keotia from other places

Keotia lies about 150 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Naya Nagar, about 8.0 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 Keotia
Nearest railway station	Naya Nagar	8.0 km
Nearest town	Rosera	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pranpur	25 km
District headquarters	Katihar	150 km

Villages closest to Keotia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keotia village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 44th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents.

Keotia village has 525 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keotia has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Keotia is 854116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keotia covers 193.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keotia falls under Pranpur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Keotia is Naya Nagar, about 8.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keotia.

Keotia is about 150 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keotia is in Pranpur tehsil of Katihar district. Naya Nagar is about 8.0 km away. Rosera is about 11 km away. Pranpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.