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About Katajani Village

Katajani is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 855, made up of 433 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares.

Katajani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katajani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 139 hectares
Population 855
Male Population 433
Female Population 422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katajani compares

By the 2011 count Katajani is the 123rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Katajani

The census records public bus service for Katajani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanadi, Kanatanr, Kandutha and Kanjidi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Katajani

As per the Census of India 2011, Katajani village had a population of 855. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Katajani village has 433 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katajani has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Katajani covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katajani falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Katajani notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katajani.

Katajani is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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