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About Katkera Village

Katkera is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 323 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833105
Area (hectares) 208 hectares
Population 641
Male Population 323
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katkera compares

By the 2011 count Katkera is the 42nd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Katkera

The census records public bus service for Katkera as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katkera from other places

Katkera lies about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 9.7 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 Katkera
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 9.7 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 32 km

Villages closest to Katkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkera village had a population of 641. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Katkera village has 323 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkera has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Katkera is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkera covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katkera falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katkera is Chakradharpur, about 9.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katkera.

Katkera is about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkera is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 9.7 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 20 km away. Goilkera is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Goelkera (13 km), Dalki (15 km) and Remer Kocha (16 km).

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

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