About Kataha Village

Kataha is one of the larger villages in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,927, made up of 4,703 males and 4,224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 556 hectares hectares.

Kataha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kataha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Motihari
Area (hectares)	556 hectares
Population	8,927
Male Population	4,703
Female Population	4,224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kataha compares

By the 2011 count Kataha is the 6th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 556 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kataha

Kataha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kataha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kataha from other places

Kataha lies about 15 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chailaha Halt, about 6.8 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 Kataha
Nearest railway station	Chailaha Halt	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Motihari	7.9 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	7.9 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	15 km

Villages closest to Kataha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kataha village had a population of 8,927. That makes it the 6th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Kataha village has 4,703 males and 4,224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kataha has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Kataha covers 556 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kataha falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kataha is Chailaha Halt, about 6.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kataha.

Kataha is about 15 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kataha is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Chailaha Halt is about 6.8 km away. Motihari is about 7.9 km away. Mothīhāri is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.