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About Katadih Village

Katadih is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 171 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 837530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 837530
Area (hectares) 200 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 171
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katadih compares

By the 2011 count Katadih is the 89th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 200 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Katadih

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

Katadih lies about 6.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 8.1 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 Katadih
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 6.1 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Mahali Marup 8.1 km
Nearest town Bhetia 28 km

Villages closest to Katadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katadih village had a population of 360. That makes it the 89th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Katadih village has 171 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katadih has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Katadih is 837530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katadih covers 200 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katadih falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katadih is Mahali Marup, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katadih.

Katadih is about 6.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katadih is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 6.1 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 6.4 km away. Mahali Marup is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Diriora (under 2 km), Kondadih (under 2 km) and Mudadih (1.6 km).

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

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