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About Katekoni Village

Katekoni is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 600 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katekoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katekoni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Sarangarh
Pincode 496445
Area (hectares) 220.93 hectares
Population 1,219
Male Population 600
Female Population 619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katekoni compares

By the 2011 count Katekoni is the 46th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 220.93 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Katekoni

Katekoni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katekoni 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katekoni from other places

Katekoni lies about 52 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 46 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 Katekoni
Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh 7.0 km
Nearest town Saraipali 30 km
Nearest railway station Kharsia 46 km
District headquarters Raigarh 52 km

Villages closest to Katekoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katekoni village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 46th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Katekoni village has 600 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katekoni has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Katekoni is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katekoni covers 220.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katekoni falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katekoni is Kharsia, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katekoni.

Katekoni is about 52 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katekoni is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 7.0 km away. Saraipali is about 30 km away. Kharsia is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhind (under 2 km), Kudhari (under 2 km) and Soderdih (under 2 km).

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

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