About Katsakra Village

Katsakra is a small village in Musabani tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 177 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Katsakra compares

By the 2011 count Katsakra is the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,337 residents. Its 78.99 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Katsakra

Katsakra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katsakra 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jadugora, Jamshol, Kadamdi and Kakdaha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.