About Katpahari Village

Katpahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 220 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	220
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
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 Katpahari compares

By the 2011 count Katpahari is the 108th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Katpahari

Katpahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katpahari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katpahari from other places

Katpahari lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 3.1 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 Katpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	3.1 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Katpahari

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 Katpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Katpahari village had a population of 467. That makes it the 108th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Katpahari village has 220 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katpahari has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Katpahari is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katpahari covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katpahari is Harinsing, about 3.1 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 10+ km distance for Katpahari.

Katpahari is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katpahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 3.1 km away. Rampur Hat is about 21 km away. Shikaripara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.