About Katingkela Village

Katingkela is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 519 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katingkela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katingkela village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835203
Area (hectares)	428 hectares
Population	1,055
Male Population	519
Female Population	536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
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 Katingkela compares

By the 2011 count Katingkela is the 21st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Katingkela

Katingkela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katingkela 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 Katingkela from other places

Katingkela lies about 47 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 15 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 Katingkela
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	15 km
Nearest town	Khunti	38 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	47 km

Villages closest to Katingkela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katingkela village had a population of 1,055. That makes it the 21st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Katingkela village has 519 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katingkela has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Katingkela is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katingkela covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katingkela falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katingkela is Govindpur Road, about 15 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 Katingkela.

Katingkela is about 47 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katingkela is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 4.6 km away. Govindpur Road is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.