About Katharo Village

Katharo is a small village in Thakurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 194 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.96 hectares hectares.

Katharo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katharo village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Thakurganj
Area (hectares)	21.96 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	194
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	763
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 Katharo compares

By the 2011 count Katharo is the 80th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents. Its 21.96 hectares work out to about 16 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 947.

Getting to Katharo

Katharo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katharo 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 Katharo from other places

Katharo lies about 21 km from Kishanganj, 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 Katharo
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	5.9 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	15 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurganj	22 km

Villages closest to Katharo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katharo village had a population of 342. That makes it the 80th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents.

Katharo village has 194 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katharo has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Katharo covers 21.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katharo falls under Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

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

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

Katharo is in Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Pawakhali is about 5.9 km away. Bahādurganj is about 15 km away. Kishanganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.