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Katha Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Katha is a medium size village located in Rajgir Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 259 families residing. The Katha village has population of 1566 of which 838 are males while 728 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Katha village population of children with age 0-6 is 327 which makes up 20.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Katha village is 869 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Katha as per census is 827, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Katha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Katha village was 50.85 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Katha Male literacy stands at 54.93 % while female literacy rate was 46.21 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Katha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Katha village.

Katha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,566 838 728
Child (0-6) 327 179 148
Schedule Caste 527 282 245
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 50.85 % 54.93 % 46.21 %
Total Workers 406 375 31
Main Worker 371 - -
Marginal Worker 35 29 6

Caste Factor

Katha village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Katha village.

Work Profile

In Katha village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 91.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.