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About Katuwajhar Village

Katuwajhar is a small village in Kasdol tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 81 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 896.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katuwajhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katuwajhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Kasdol
Pincode 493335
Area (hectares) 896.83 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 81
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katuwajhar compares

By the 2011 count Katuwajhar is the 182nd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 896.83 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Katuwajhar

Katuwajhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katuwajhar 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 Katuwajhar from other places

Katuwajhar lies about 86 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 50 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 Katuwajhar
Tehsil headquarters Kasdol 12 km
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 30 km
Nearest railway station Bhimkhoj 50 km
District headquarters Raipur 86 km

Villages closest to Katuwajhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katuwajhar village had a population of 173. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Katuwajhar village has 81 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katuwajhar has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Katuwajhar is 493335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katuwajhar covers 896.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katuwajhar falls under Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katuwajhar is Bhimkhoj, about 50 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 Katuwajhar.

Katuwajhar is about 86 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katuwajhar is in Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district. Kasdol is about 12 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 30 km away. Bhimkhoj is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dadhakhar (2.5 km), Jhalpani (3.1 km) and Khurmudi (3.7 km).

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

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