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About Kita Village

Kita is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,176, made up of 583 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 875 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kita village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Chandwa
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 875 hectares
Population 1,176
Male Population 583
Female Population 593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Kita compares

By the 2011 count Kita is the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 875 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Kita

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

Kita lies about 21 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 8.1 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 Kita
Nearest railway station Kusmahi 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwa 11 km
District headquarters Latehar 21 km
Nearest town Lātehār 21 km

Villages closest to Kita

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kita village had a population of 1,176. That makes it the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Kita village has 583 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kita has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Kita is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kita covers 875 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kita falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kita is Kusmahi, about 8.1 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 Kita.

Kita is about 21 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kita is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 8.1 km away. Chandwa is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Erud (under 2 km), Nindra (1.6 km) and Serak (1.8 km).

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

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