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About Katulnar Village

Katulnar is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,081, made up of 545 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 904.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katulnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katulnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Gidam
Pincode 494441
Area (hectares) 904.1 hectares
Population 1,081
Male Population 545
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katulnar compares

By the 2011 count Katulnar is the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 904.1 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Katulnar

Katulnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katulnar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Katulnar from other places

Katulnar lies about 33 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 11 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 Katulnar
Tehsil headquarters Gidam 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Dabpal 11 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 33 km
Nearest town Bacheli 44 km

Villages closest to Katulnar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gidam 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 Katulnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Katulnar village had a population of 1,081. That makes it the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Katulnar village has 545 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katulnar has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Katulnar is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katulnar covers 904.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katulnar falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katulnar is Dabpal, about 11 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katulnar.

Katulnar is about 33 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katulnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 9.7 km away. Dabpal is about 11 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhpal (2.5 km), Harla (3.1 km) and Norli (3.5 km).

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

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