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About Katsimla Village

Katsimla is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 205 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katsimla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katsimla village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 835209
Area (hectares) 119.15 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 205
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
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 Katsimla compares

By the 2011 count Katsimla is the 117th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 119.15 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Katsimla

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

Katsimla lies about 19 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 6.7 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 Katsimla
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 11 km
District headquarters Khunti 19 km

Villages closest to Katsimla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katsimla village had a population of 396. That makes it the 117th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Katsimla village has 205 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katsimla has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Katsimla is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katsimla covers 119.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katsimla falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katsimla is Govindpur Road, about 6.7 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 Katsimla.

Katsimla is about 19 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katsimla is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about 6.7 km away. Karra is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gumru (under 2 km), Tirla (1.7 km) and Bala (2.0 km).

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

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