About Katingkel Village

Katingkel is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 165 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katingkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katingkel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	128.44 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	165
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Katingkel compares

By the 2011 count Katingkel is the 103rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 128.44 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 996.

Getting to Katingkel

Katingkel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katingkel 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 Katingkel from other places

Katingkel lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 29 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 Katingkel
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	7.1 km
District headquarters	Khunti	18 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	29 km

Villages closest to Katingkel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katingkel village had a population of 306. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Katingkel village has 165 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katingkel has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Katingkel is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katingkel covers 128.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katingkel falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katingkel is Karra, about 29 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 Katingkel.

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

Katingkel is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 7.1 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Karra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.