About Katkaia Village

Katkaia is a mid sized village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,038, made up of 517 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 837 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkaia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835232
Area (hectares)	837 hectares
Population	1,038
Male Population	517
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katkaia compares

By the 2011 count Katkaia is the 24th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 837 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Katkaia

Katkaia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katkaia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Katkaia from other places

Katkaia lies about 18 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 57 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 Katkaia
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	4.3 km
District headquarters	Gumla	18 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	57 km

Villages closest to Katkaia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkaia village had a population of 1,038. That makes it the 24th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Katkaia village has 517 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkaia has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Katkaia is 835232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkaia covers 837 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katkaia falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katkaia is Pokla, about 57 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 village for Katkaia.

Katkaia is about 18 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkaia is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Raidih is about 4.3 km away. Gumla is about 18 km away. Gumlā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.