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About Katsarua Village

Katsarua is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 192 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katsarua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katsarua village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 825108
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 192
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
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 Katsarua compares

By the 2011 count Katsarua is the 121st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Katsarua

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

Katsarua lies about 30 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 4.1 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 Katsarua
Nearest railway station Chegro 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumri 7.3 km
Nearest town Gomoh 20 km
District headquarters Giridih 30 km

Villages closest to Katsarua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katsarua village had a population of 368. That makes it the 121st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Katsarua village has 192 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katsarua has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Katsarua is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katsarua covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katsarua falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katsarua is Chegro, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katsarua.

Katsarua is about 30 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katsarua is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Chegro is about 4.1 km away. Dumri is about 7.3 km away. Gomoh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latkato (under 2 km), Pathariadih (under 2 km) and Ghosko (under 2 km).

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

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