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About Katikewa Village

Katikewa is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 12 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.49 hectares hectares.

Katikewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katikewa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Area (hectares) 93.49 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 12
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Katikewa compares

By the 2011 count Katikewa is the 185th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 93.49 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Katikewa

Katikewa 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 Katikewa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katikewa from other places

Katikewa lies about 18 km from Sahibganj. 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 Katikewa
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 5.4 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 15 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 18 km

Villages closest to Katikewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katikewa village had a population of 24. That makes it the 185th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Katikewa village has 12 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katikewa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Katikewa covers 93.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katikewa falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Katikewa notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Katikewa.

Katikewa is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katikewa is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 5.4 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambori (under 2 km), Atiked (under 2 km) and Auriya (under 2 km).

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

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