About Katingkel Village

Katingkel is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 176 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 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	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	90 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	176
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 83rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1007.

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 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 31 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	Bandgaon	4.1 km
Nearest town	Khunti	28 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	41 km

Villages closest to Katingkel

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bandgaon 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 336. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Katingkel village has 176 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katingkel has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Katingkel covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katingkel falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katingkel is Sonua, about 31 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 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katingkel is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 4.1 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Sonua is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.