Kitahatu is a village in Murhu block, Khunti district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

[4] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district.

Traditional cotton sarees, 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.

The nearest rural marketplace is at about 3 km (1.9 mi) in the direction of Khunti, at Soyko.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kitahatu had a total population of 926, of which 457 (49%) were males and 469 (51%) were females.