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About Purba Kathalia Village

Purba Kathalia is a mid sized village in Bokafa tehsil, in the district of South Tripura, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,965, made up of 1,026 males and 939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Kathalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Kathalia village
Description Value
State Tripura
District South Tripura
Tehsil Bokafa
Pincode 799144
Area (hectares) 712 hectares
Population 1,965
Male Population 1,026
Female Population 939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Kathalia compares

By the 2011 count Purba Kathalia is the 24th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,217 residents. Its 712 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Purba Kathalia

Purba Kathalia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purba Kathalia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Purba Kathalia from other places

Purba Kathalia lies about 33 km from South Tripura, and the nearest railway station is Belonia Railway Station, about 18 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 Purba Kathalia
Nearest railway station Belonia Railway Station 18 km
Nearest town Udaipur 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Bokafa 33 km
District headquarters South Tripura 33 km

Villages closest to Purba Kathalia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bokafa 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 Purba Kathalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Kathalia village had a population of 1,965. That makes it the 24th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,217 residents.

Purba Kathalia village has 1,026 males and 939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Kathalia has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Purba Kathalia is 799144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Kathalia covers 712 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Kathalia falls under Bokafa tehsil of South Tripura district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Purba Kathalia is Belonia Railway Station, about 18 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Purba Kathalia.

Purba Kathalia is about 33 km from South Tripura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Kathalia is in Bokafa tehsil of South Tripura district. Belonia Railway Station is about 18 km away. Udaipur is about 25 km away. Bokafa is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paschim Kathalia (under 2 km), Laogang (23 km) and Santirbazar (24 km).

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

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