# Katkera Village, Goilkera, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Goilkera, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Katkera

Katkera is a village in Goilkera sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833105**. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 127 households**, the 42nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.9%.

- 641people (2011)
- 127households
- 42.4%literacy
- 833105PIN code

## Katkera PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Katkera is 833105.** Katkera falls in Goilkera sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833105
- Gram panchayatGoilkera
- Community development blockGoilkera
- Census village code377586

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Katkera from nearby towns?

- Goilkera (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)58 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)36 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Katkera?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Katkera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Goilkera
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Katkera known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 47% of the 208 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Katkera

Of every 100 households in Katkera in 2011, 84 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katkera · ■ Goilkera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****65%**

**32%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Katkera?

■ Katkera · ■ Goilkera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.4%**

**46.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1153**

**1024

Working population ****60.2%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 27.2% for women. 61% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 362 (94%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Goilkera

- Paraisol692 people
- Sarbil690 people
- Rangarbera682 people
- Posaeta657 people
- Horo633 people
- Kudada625 people
- Kutpai604 people
- Dhobadiha603 people

[All 111 villages in Goilkera](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/goilkera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Katkera?833105
- How far is Katkera from Chaibasa?58 km by road
- What is the population of Katkera?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katkera in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Goilkera sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Katkera?42.4% (Census 2011)