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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KAMESHWAR RAY
Contact: 96****9948
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- LGD code
- 233248
- Pincode
- 841224
- Post office
- Panditpur
- Population
- 4,257
- Households
- 678
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1311 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 891
Census 2011 · in context
How Kateya compares
By population, Kateya ranks #4 of 39 villages in Lahladpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.7%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Kateya
- 51.7%
- Lahladpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Saran district
- 54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,311
+237 vs mandal average
- Kateya
- 1,311
- Lahladpur mandal
- 1,074
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kateya
- 6.3
- Lahladpur mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kateya at a glance
Kateya is a village of 4,257 people in 678 households (Census 2011) in Lahladpur block, Saran district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 39 villages in Lahladpur block. Literacy is 52%, 5 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,311 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841224, served by Panditpur post office; the LGD village code is 233248. The sarpanch is KAMESHWAR RAY, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vinay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 5,019 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kateya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kateya · this village | 4,257 | 52% | — |
| Tamanpura · Lahladpur | 1,547 | 57% | — |
| Kharauni · Lahladpur | 611 | 52% | — |
| Lashkaripur · Lahladpur | 474 | 60% | — |
| Kotwalipur · Lahladpur | 0 | — | — |
| Heatpur · Lahladpur | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kateya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAPRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATAIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 229
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 111.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kateya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kateya
- LGD code
- 233248
- Pincode
- 841224
- Post office
- Panditpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,257
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,019
- Households
- 678
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1311
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Saran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonepur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vinay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAMESHWAR RAY
- Block / Mandal
- Lahladpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 841224
- Kishunpur LauwarLahladpur mandal6,572 pop
- DandaspurLahladpur mandal4,029 pop
- MirzapurLahladpur mandal3,661 pop
- ParsotimpurLahladpur mandal3,436 pop
- DhamsarLahladpur mandal3,352 pop
- Sasana KisunpurLahladpur mandal2,673 pop
- MurarpurLahladpur mandal2,609 pop
- HarpurLahladpur mandal2,291 pop
- LahladpurLahladpur mandal2,126 pop
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Other villages named Kateya
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kateya
Other villages in Lahladpur mandal
View all 38+ →- Dayalpur
- Kishunpur Lauwar
- Tajpur
- Basahi
- Dandaspur
- Mirzapur
- Parsotimpur
- Dhamsar
- Sasana Kisunpur
- Murarpur
- Banpura
- Sembhu Chhapra
- Harpur
- Lahladpur
- Jagatpur Tarwara
- Shiristapur
- Lauwa Khurd
- Bhatwalia
- Tamanpura
- Chakdeh
- Chak Hafiz
- Sonia
- Jalalpur
- Saran
- Banpur Latif
- Khedu Chhapra
- Dhanes Chhapra
- Mungauli
- Kharauni
- Badarzamin
- Lashkaripur
- Sobhipur
- Kazi Dhamsar
- Chak Mahlul
- Arazi Basahi
- Chak Baran Saran
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)