Kitahatu is a village in

Murhu block Murhu block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of Khunti district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was creat ...

Khunti district Khunti district is one of the twenty-four districts in South Chotanagpur division of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 September 2007. , it is the second least populous district of Jhar ...

, in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...

Geography

Location

Kitahatu is located at .

Area overview

In the adjacent map the area shown is “undulating and covered with hills, hillocks and jungles (jungles/ forests are shown as shaded area in the map). The soil of the area is rocky, sandy and red loam upland. There are paddy fields only in the depressions. It has a gentle slope adjacent to the streams.” A major part of the district is in the altitude range of , with up to ± 200 m for some parts.In 2011, it had a density of population of 210 persons per sq km. Khunti is an overwhelmingly rural district with 91.5% of the population living in rural areas.Famous places in this area are

Ulihatu Ulihatu is a village in the Arki CD block in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of the Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Ulihatu is located at The place is surrounded by hills providing great scenic beauty. It i ...

, the birth place of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and Dombari Buru, the central point of his activity. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Weaving

Traditional cotton

saree A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO * bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO * gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...

s, now used only in the tribal marriage ceremony, presented to the bride by the groom's family and ronoh (a designed cloth made of two separate pieces of light maroon and off-white hand-woven cotton sewn together and presented as a wedding gift to the groom) are woven in Kitahatu on handmade handlooms. It is a Munda (tribal) community. The nearest rural marketplace is at about in the direction of Khunti, at Soyko. Soyko's is a bustling market where lac, and other forest produce can be found.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Kitahatu had a total population of 926, of which 457 (49%) were males and 469 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 138. The total number of literate persons in Kitahatu was 575 (72.97% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Murhu block#Language and religion)

References

Villages in Khunti district Handloom industry in India {{Jharkhand-geo-stub