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About Katwan Village

Katwan is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 61 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katwan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 61
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katwan compares

By the 2011 count Katwan is the 122nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 977.

Getting to Katwan

The census records public bus service for Katwan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katwan from other places

Katwan lies about 10 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 3.7 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 Katwan
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Mahali Marup 3.7 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 10 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 26 km

Villages closest to Katwan

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 Katwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Katwan village had a population of 115. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Katwan village has 61 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katwan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Katwan is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katwan covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katwan is Mahali Marup, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katwan.

Katwan is about 10 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katwan is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 2.7 km away. Mahali Marup is about 3.7 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chilku (under 2 km), Bandiram (under 2 km) and Buriguta (1.8 km).

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

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