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About Kashiya Village

Kashiya is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 414, made up of 218 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kashiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kashiya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Ghatshila
Pincode 832303
Area (hectares) 261 hectares
Population 414
Male Population 218
Female Population 196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kashiya compares

By the 2011 count Kashiya is the 84th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kashiya

Kashiya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kashiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kashiya from other places

Kashiya lies about 10 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, about under 2 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 Kashiya
Nearest railway station Ghatsila under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatshila under 2 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla under 2 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 10 km

Villages closest to Kashiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kashiya village had a population of 414. That makes it the 84th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Kashiya village has 218 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kashiya has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kashiya is 832303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kashiya covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kashiya falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kashiya is Ghatsila, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kashiya.

Kashiya is about 10 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kashiya is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghatsila is about under 2 km away. Ghatshila is about under 2 km away. Ghātsīla is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tamakpal (under 2 km), Ghatshila (under 2 km) and Upar Paora (under 2 km).

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

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