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About Katui Village

Katui is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 533 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.42 hectares hectares.

Katui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katui village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 745.42 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 533
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katui compares

By the 2011 count Katui is the 23rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 745.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Katui

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

Katui lies about 31 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 Katui
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Erki 31 km
District headquarters Khunti 31 km

Villages closest to Katui

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katui village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Katui village has 533 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katui has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Katui covers 745.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katui falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katui is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katui.

Katui is about 31 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katui is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 27 km away. Erki is about 31 km away. Khunti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rokab (1.8 km), Birbanki (2.3 km) and Kurunga (2.8 km).

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

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