About Ketka Village

Ketka is a mid sized village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 564 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ketka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ketka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	577.69 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	564
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ketka compares

By the 2011 count Ketka is the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 577.69 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Ketka

Ketka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ketka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ketka from other places

Ketka lies about 48 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about under 2 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 Ketka
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	15 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	46 km
District headquarters	Simdega	48 km

Villages closest to Ketka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ketka village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Ketka village has 564 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ketka has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Ketka is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ketka covers 577.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ketka falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ketka is Kurkura, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ketka.

Ketka is about 48 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ketka is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Kurkura is about under 2 km away. Bano is about 15 km away. Birmitrapur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.