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About Katharwa Village

Katharwa is a mid sized village in Sidhaw tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 962, made up of 484 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.4 hectares hectares.

Katharwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katharwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sidhaw
Area (hectares) 161.4 hectares
Population 962
Male Population 484
Female Population 478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katharwa compares

By the 2011 count Katharwa is the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 161.4 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Katharwa

Katharwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katharwa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katharwa from other places

Katharwa lies about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kath Kuiyan, 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 Katharwa
Nearest railway station Kath Kuiyan 11 km
Nearest town Padrauna 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sidhaw 34 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 36 km

Villages closest to Katharwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katharwa village had a population of 962. That makes it the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Katharwa village has 484 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katharwa has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Katharwa covers 161.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katharwa falls under Sidhaw tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katharwa is Kath Kuiyan, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katharwa.

Katharwa is about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katharwa is in Sidhaw tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Kath Kuiyan is about 11 km away. Padrauna is about 12 km away. Sidhaw is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katphorwa (under 2 km), Mahuar (6.2 km) and Bindauliya (9.4 km).

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

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