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About Katehar Village

Katehar is a large village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,262, made up of 1,715 males and 1,547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.6 hectares hectares.

Katehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katehar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 78.6 hectares
Population 3,262
Male Population 1,715
Female Population 1,547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katehar compares

By the 2011 count Katehar is the 27th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 78.6 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Katehar

The census records public bus service for Katehar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katehar from other places

Katehar lies about 17 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Kajra, about 8.8 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 Katehar
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Kajra 8.8 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 17 km
Nearest town Luckeesarai 17 km

Villages closest to Katehar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katehar village had a population of 3,262. That makes it the 27th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Katehar village has 1,715 males and 1,547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katehar has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 887.

Katehar covers 78.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katehar falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katehar is Kajra, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katehar.

Katehar is about 17 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katehar is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Surajgarha is about 1.7 km away. Kajra is about 8.8 km away. Lakhisarai is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (under 2 km), Haldi (under 2 km) and Nandpur (under 2 km).

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

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