About Katral Village

Katral is a small village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 167 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Katral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katral village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	167
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katral compares

By the 2011 count Katral is the 182nd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Katral

Katral is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katral as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katral from other places

Katral lies about 13 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Katrasgarh, about under 2 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 Katral
Nearest town	Kātrās	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Katrasgarh	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	13 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	13 km

Villages closest to Katral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Katral

As per the Census of India 2011, Katral village had a population of 315. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Katral village has 167 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katral has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Katral covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katral is Katrasgarh, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Katral is about 13 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katral is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Kātrās is about under 2 km away. Katrasgarh is about under 2 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.