About Katimba Village

Katimba is a mid sized village in Albert Ekka tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 768, made up of 376 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katimba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katimba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Albert Ekka
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	513 hectares
Population	768
Male Population	376
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katimba compares

By the 2011 count Katimba is the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 513 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 966.

Getting to Katimba

Katimba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katimba as Available within 5 - 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 Katimba from other places

Katimba lies about 29 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 66 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 Katimba
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Albert Ekka	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	29 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	66 km

Villages closest to Katimba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Albert Ekka 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 Katimba

As per the Census of India 2011, Katimba village had a population of 768. That makes it the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Katimba village has 376 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katimba has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Katimba is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katimba covers 513 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katimba falls under Albert Ekka tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katimba is Lohardaga, about 66 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katimba.

Katimba is about 29 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katimba is in Albert Ekka tehsil of Gumla district. Jashpur Nagar is about 19 km away. Albert Ekka is about 29 km away. Gumla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.