About Phatha Village

Phatha is a mid sized village in Katamdag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 326 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phatha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phatha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katamdag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	207 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	326
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
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 Phatha compares

By the 2011 count Phatha is the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 207 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Phatha

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

Phatha lies about 11 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, about 3.0 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 Phatha
Nearest railway station	Bes	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katamdag	11 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	11 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	11 km

Villages closest to Phatha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phatha village had a population of 616. That makes it the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Phatha village has 326 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phatha has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Phatha is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phatha covers 207 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phatha falls under Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Phatha is Bes, about 3.0 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 Phatha.

Phatha is about 11 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phatha is in Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bes is about 3.0 km away. Katamdag is about 11 km away. Hazaribagh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.