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About Katahara Village

Katahara is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 72 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katahara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Masalia
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 40.85 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 72
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
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 Katahara compares

By the 2011 count Katahara is the 224th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 40.85 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Katahara

Katahara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katahara 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. The nearest villages by name are Kamarsali, Kapsio, Karibandh and Karmatanr. 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 Katahara

As per the Census of India 2011, Katahara village had a population of 151. That makes it the 224th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Katahara village has 72 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katahara has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Katahara is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katahara covers 40.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katahara falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Katahara notes the nearest railway station 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 Katahara.

Katahara is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka 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 Katahara today is likely to be higher.

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