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About Katha Gaon Village

Katha Gaon is a mid sized village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 548 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786182, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katha Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katha Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Margherita
Pincode 786182
Area (hectares) 248.04 hectares
Population 1,036
Male Population 548
Female Population 488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katha Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Katha Gaon is the 83rd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 248.04 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Katha Gaon

Katha Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katha Gaon 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 Katha Gaon from other places

Katha Gaon lies about 26 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 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.

Distances from Katha Gaon
Nearest railway station Naharkatiya 8.1 km
Nearest town Duliajan 14 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Margherita 26 km

Villages closest to Katha Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margherita tehsil.

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.

Common questions about Katha Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Katha Gaon village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Katha Gaon village has 548 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katha Gaon has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Katha Gaon is 786182. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katha Gaon covers 248.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katha Gaon falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Katha Gaon is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katha Gaon.

Katha Gaon is about 26 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katha Gaon is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Naharkatiya is about 8.1 km away. Duliajan is about 14 km away. Tinsukia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amrit Gaon (under 2 km), Chipe Gaon (under 2 km) and Hemza Gaon (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katha Gaon today is likely to be higher.

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