About Katka Village

Katka is a large village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,273, made up of 1,189 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 804426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Paliganj
Pincode	804426
Area (hectares)	127.47 hectares
Population	2,273
Male Population	1,189
Female Population	1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
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 Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 36th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 127.47 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Katka

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

Katka lies about 50 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 20 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 Katka
Tehsil headquarters	Paliganj	7.7 km
Nearest town	Arwal	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jehanabad	20 km
District headquarters	Patna	50 km

Villages closest to Katka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katka village had a population of 2,273. That makes it the 36th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Katka village has 1,189 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Katka is 804426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katka covers 127.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katka falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katka is Jehanabad, about 20 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 Katka.

Katka is about 50 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katka is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 7.7 km away. Arwal is about 14 km away. Jehanabad is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.