About Ketar Village

Ketar is a mid sized village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 861, made up of 459 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.84 hectares hectares.

Ketar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ketar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	270.84 hectares
Population	861
Male Population	459
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Ketar compares

By the 2011 count Ketar is the 223rd largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 270.84 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 942.

Getting to Ketar

Ketar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ketar 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 Ketar from other places

Ketar lies about 23 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Churk, about 20 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 Ketar
Nearest railway station	Churk	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	23 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	23 km

Villages closest to Ketar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ketar village had a population of 861. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Ketar village has 459 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ketar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Ketar covers 270.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ketar falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ketar is Churk, about 20 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 Ketar.

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

Ketar is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Churk is about 20 km away. Robertsganj is about 23 km away. Sonbhadra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.