About Katia Village

Katia is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 415 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	408 hectares
Population	803
Male Population	415
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katia compares

By the 2011 count Katia is the 53rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 408 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Katia

Katia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katia as Available within 5 - 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 Katia from other places

Katia lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 12 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 Katia
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	22 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	22 km

Villages closest to Katia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katia village had a population of 803. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Katia village has 415 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katia has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Katia is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katia covers 408 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katia falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katia is Shivpur, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katia.

Katia 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.

Katia is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Simaria is about 5.3 km away. Shivpur is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.