About Katkahi Village

Katkahi is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 259 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkahi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	281.27 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	259
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katkahi compares

By the 2011 count Katkahi is the 38th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 281.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Katkahi

Katkahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katkahi as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Janawal, Jhargaon, Jirmi and Karaku. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Katkahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkahi village had a population of 517. That makes it the 38th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Katkahi village has 259 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkahi has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Katkahi covers 281.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katkahi falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Katkahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katkahi.

Katkahi is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.