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About Katihara Village

Katihara is a mid sized village in Bansdih tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 282 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.65 hectares hectares.

Katihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katihara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Bansdih
Area (hectares) 56.65 hectares
Population 520
Male Population 282
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katihara compares

By the 2011 count Katihara is the 208th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents. Its 56.65 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Katihara

Katihara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katihara as Available within 10+ 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 Katihara from other places

Katihara lies about 7.8 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Baheri, about 15 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 Katihara
Tehsil headquarters Bansdih 7.8 km
District headquarters Ballia 7.8 km
Nearest town Sitārganj 13 km
Nearest railway station Baheri 15 km

Villages closest to Katihara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katihara village had a population of 520. That makes it the 208th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents.

Katihara village has 282 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katihara has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Katihara covers 56.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katihara falls under Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katihara is Baheri, about 15 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 for Katihara.

Katihara is about 7.8 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katihara is in Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district. Bansdih is about 7.8 km away. Ballia is about 7.8 km away. Sitārganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kataria (under 2 km), Diyara Lakhmi Rai (4.2 km) and Pathkhouli T Ajameri Rai (4.2 km).

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

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