About Kathajor Village

Kathajor is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 190 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathajor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathajor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	193 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	190
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
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 Kathajor compares

By the 2011 count Kathajor is the 133rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 193 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kathajor

Kathajor is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kathajor 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 Kathajor from other places

Kathajor lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 Kathajor
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Kathajor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathajor village had a population of 388. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Kathajor village has 190 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathajor has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Kathajor is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathajor covers 193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kathajor falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kathajor is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 Kathajor.

Kathajor is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathajor is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 22 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.