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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MARANGMAY MARANDI
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- LGD code
- 359368
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population
- 1,432
- Households
- 309
- Literacy rate
- 51%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 687
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathalbari compares
By population, Kathalbari ranks #16 of 150 villages in Pathna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.0%
+12.5% vs mandal average
- Kathalbari
- 51.0%
- Pathna mandal
- 38.5%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+25 vs mandal average
- Kathalbari
- 1,017
- Pathna mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kathalbari
- 4.6
- Pathna mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathalbari at a glance
Kathalbari is a village of 1,432 people in 309 households (Census 2011) in Pathna block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 16th-largest of 150 villages in Pathna block. Literacy is 51%, 13 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 816110, served by Pathna post office; the LGD village code is 359368. The sarpanch is MARANGMAY MARANDI, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 1,688 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kathalbari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathalbari · this village | 1,432 | 51% | — |
| Saroapur · Pathna | 936 | 48% | — |
| Surunga · Pathna | 846 | 43% | — |
| Saraibindha · Pathna | 801 | 27% | — |
| Madhopara · Pathna | 659 | 38% | — |
| Bansbhita · Pathna | 615 | 28% | — |
| Raksabandh · Pathna | 497 | 39% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathalbari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATHAL BARI
- Total area (ha)
- 124.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.25
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathalbari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathalbari
- LGD code
- 359368
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,432
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,688
- Households
- 309
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 51.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MARANGMAY MARANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Pathna
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kathalbari
Other villages in Pathna mandal
View all 60+ →- Bishunpur
- Kendua
- Lakhipur
- Amgachhi
- Modikola
- Sahri
- Sibapahar
- Dharampur
- Arjunpur
- Talberia
- Bara Dighi
- Telbhita
- Atgawan
- Mohabatpur
- Jhiktia
- Chhota Ranga
- Ikapokhar
- Kusumpokhhar
- Bara Tola
- Chhota Mahgama
- Amdanda
- Bara Ranga
- Saroapur
- Kalianpur
- Taljhari
- Baramasia
- Kesro
- Ghatiari
- Surunga
- Bara Mahgama
- Saraibindha
- Bara Durgapur
- Majurjhuti
- Manjhladih
- Chutia
- Bijaipur
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)