About Katrapalle Village

Katrapalle is a mid sized village in K V B Puram tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,506, made up of 751 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1819 hectares hectares.

How Katrapalle compares

By the 2011 count Katrapalle is the 13th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 1819 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Katrapalle

Katrapalle is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katrapalle as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katrapalle from other places

Katrapalle lies about 18 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Virinchipuram, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Villages closest to Katrapalle

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in K V B Puram tehsil.

• Adaram 3.3 km
• Adavaram 13 km
• Arai 17 km
• Kovanur 17 km
• Srinivasapuram 17 km
• Eguvaputturu 17 km

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.