About Kataharia Village

Kataharia is a mid sized village in Narkatia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,202, made up of 658 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Kataharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kataharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Narkatia
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	1,202
Male Population	658
Female Population	544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
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 Kataharia compares

By the 2011 count Kataharia is the 41st largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,453 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Kataharia

Kataharia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kataharia 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 Kataharia from other places

Kataharia lies about 79 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gaunaha, about 5.3 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 Kataharia
Nearest railway station	Gaunaha	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narkatia	25 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	26 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	79 km

Villages closest to Kataharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kataharia village had a population of 1,202. That makes it the 41st largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,453 residents.

Kataharia village has 658 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kataharia has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Kataharia covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kataharia falls under Narkatia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kataharia is Gaunaha, about 5.3 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 Kataharia.

Kataharia is about 79 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kataharia is in Narkatia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 5.3 km away. Narkatia is about 25 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.