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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,968, made up of 948 males and 1,020 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 491888
Area (hectares) 365.01 hectares
Population 1,968
Male Population 948
Female Population 1,020
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 365.01 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Katangi

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

Katangi lies about 44 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 36 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 Katangi
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 6.6 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 36 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 44 km

Villages closest to Katangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangi village had a population of 1,968. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Katangi village has 948 males and 1,020 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Katangi is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katangi covers 365.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangi falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Jatkanhar, about 36 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 km distance for Katangi.

Katangi is about 44 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katangi is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 6.6 km away. Khairāgarh is about 7.7 km away. Jatkanhar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birutola (5.1 km), Gadbanja (5.4 km) and Hatbanja (5.4 km).

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

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