About Katnai Village

Katnai is a mid sized village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 631 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katnai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Akaltara
Pincode	495552
Area (hectares)	283.71 hectares
Population	1,218
Male Population	631
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katnai compares

By the 2011 count Katnai is the 45th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 283.71 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Katnai

Katnai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katnai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katnai from other places

Katnai lies about 15 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 4.9 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 Katnai
Nearest railway station	Kapan	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akaltara	5.4 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	15 km

Villages closest to Katnai

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

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Common questions about Katnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Katnai village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 45th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Katnai village has 631 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katnai has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Katnai is 495552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katnai covers 283.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katnai falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katnai is Kapan, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katnai.

Katnai is about 15 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katnai is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kapan is about 4.9 km away. Akaltara is about 5.4 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.