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About Kakahia Village

Kakahia is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 35 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakahia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kunda
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 155 hectares
Population 63
Male Population 35
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakahia compares

By the 2011 count Kakahia is the 69th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kakahia

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

How far is Kakahia from other places

Kakahia lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 49 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 Kakahia
Tehsil headquarters Kunda 4.2 km
District headquarters Chatra 22 km
Nearest town Chatrā 22 km
Nearest railway station Shivpur 49 km

Villages closest to Kakahia

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

Common questions about Kakahia

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakahia village had a population of 63. That makes it the 69th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Kakahia village has 35 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakahia has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kakahia is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakahia covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakahia falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kakahia is Shivpur, about 49 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kakahia.

Kakahia is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakahia is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 4.2 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Chatrā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusumha (1.8 km), Medwadih (2.5 km) and Maraiya (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kakahia today is likely to be higher.

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