About Katjor Village

Katjor is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,635, made up of 872 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832401
Area (hectares)	524 hectares
Population	1,635
Male Population	872
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
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 Katjor compares

By the 2011 count Katjor is the 20th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 524 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Katjor

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

Katjor lies about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Manikui, about 5.5 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 Katjor
Nearest railway station	Manikui	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	7.7 km
Nearest town	Kopali	12 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	21 km

Villages closest to Katjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katjor village had a population of 1,635. That makes it the 20th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Katjor village has 872 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katjor has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Katjor is 832401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katjor covers 524 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katjor falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katjor is Manikui, about 5.5 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 Katjor.

Katjor is about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katjor is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Manikui is about 5.5 km away. Chandil is about 7.7 km away. Kopali is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.