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About Katdahwa Village

Katdahwa is a small village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 56 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katdahwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katdahwa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bagodar
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 151 hectares
Population 105
Male Population 56
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Katdahwa compares

By the 2011 count Katdahwa is the 58th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Katdahwa

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

Katdahwa lies about 61 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaube, about 13 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 Katdahwa
Nearest railway station Chaube 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagodar 17 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 19 km
District headquarters Giridih 61 km

Villages closest to Katdahwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katdahwa village had a population of 105. That makes it the 58th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Katdahwa village has 56 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katdahwa has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Katdahwa is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katdahwa covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katdahwa falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katdahwa is Chaube, about 13 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 Katdahwa.

Katdahwa is about 61 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katdahwa is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Chaube is about 13 km away. Bagodar is about 17 km away. Barki Saria is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bind (1.6 km), Hethkudar (2.0 km) and Kudar (2.0 km).

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

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