About Katha Village

Katha is one of the larger villages in Mehsi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,487, made up of 4,015 males and 3,472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368 hectares hectares.

Katha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Mehsi
Area (hectares)	368 hectares
Population	7,487
Male Population	4,015
Female Population	3,472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katha compares

By the 2011 count Katha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 368 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Katha

Katha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katha from other places

Katha lies about 20 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kuwarchintawa, about 4.4 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 Katha
Nearest railway station	Kuwarchintawa	4.4 km
Nearest town	Chākia	15 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mehsi	23 km

Villages closest to Katha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katha village had a population of 7,487. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Katha village has 4,015 males and 3,472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katha has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Katha covers 368 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katha falls under Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katha is Kuwarchintawa, about 4.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katha.

Katha is about 20 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katha is in Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kuwarchintawa is about 4.4 km away. Chākia is about 15 km away. Purba Champaran is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.