About Katghara Village

Katghara is a small village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 140 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katghara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	140
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Katghara compares

By the 2011 count Katghara is the 28th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Katghara

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

Katghara lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 18 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 Katghara
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	18 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	28 km

Villages closest to Katghara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katghara village had a population of 271. That makes it the 28th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Katghara village has 140 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katghara has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Katghara is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katghara covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katghara falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katghara is Shivpur, about 18 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 Katghara.

Katghara is about 23 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katghara is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Shivpur is about 18 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Chatrā is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.