About Katharia Village

Katharia is a large village in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,216, made up of 1,222 males and 994 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kalyanpur
Pincode	845413
Area (hectares)	202 hectares
Population	2,216
Male Population	1,222
Female Population	994
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	813
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katharia compares

By the 2011 count Katharia is the 32nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,776 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Katharia

Katharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katharia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katharia from other places

Katharia lies about 128 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Pali, about 8.1 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 Katharia
Nearest railway station	Pali	8.1 km
Nearest town	Bikram	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalyanpur	30 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	128 km

Villages closest to Katharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katharia village had a population of 2,216. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,776 residents.

Katharia village has 1,222 males and 994 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katharia has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Katharia is 845413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katharia covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katharia falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katharia is Pali, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katharia.

Katharia is about 128 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katharia is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Pali is about 8.1 km away. Bikram is about 8.6 km away. Kalyanpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.