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About Katri Village

Katri is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2, made up of 1 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 182.8 hectares
Population 2
Male Population 1
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Katri compares

By the 2011 count Katri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 182.8 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Katri

Katri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katri 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 Katri from other places

Katri lies about 7.6 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 6.2 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 Katri
Nearest railway station Garwa 6.2 km
District headquarters Garhwa 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Meral 8.9 km

Villages closest to Katri

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

Common questions about Katri

As per the Census of India 2011, Katri village had a population of 2. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Katri village has 1 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Katri is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katri covers 182.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katri falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katri is Garwa, about 6.2 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 Katri.

Katri is about 7.6 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katri is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Garwa is about 6.2 km away. Garhwa is about 7.6 km away. Meral is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Okhargar (under 2 km), Siho (under 2 km) and Sikni (2.3 km).

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

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