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About Katasaru Village

Katasaru is a small village in Pakar Tanr tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 217 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 662 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katasaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katasaru village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Pakar Tanr
Pincode 835228
Area (hectares) 662 hectares
Population 440
Male Population 217
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katasaru compares

By the 2011 count Katasaru is the 28th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 662 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Katasaru

Katasaru is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katasaru as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Katasaru from other places

Katasaru lies about 23 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 46 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 Katasaru
Tehsil headquarters Pakar Tanr 14 km
District headquarters Simdega 23 km
Nearest railway station Kurkura 46 km

Villages closest to Katasaru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakar Tanr 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 Katasaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Katasaru village had a population of 440. That makes it the 28th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Katasaru village has 217 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katasaru has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Katasaru is 835228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katasaru covers 662 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katasaru falls under Pakar Tanr tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katasaru is Kurkura, about 46 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 10+ km distance for Katasaru.

Katasaru is about 23 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katasaru is in Pakar Tanr tehsil of Simdega district. Pakar Tanr is about 14 km away. Simdega is about 23 km away. Kurkura is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirupardhiya (1.9 km), Lailonga (2.0 km) and Gondlipani (2.4 km).

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

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