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About Katenga Tola Village

Katenga Tola is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 273 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katenga Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katenga Tola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 298.66 hectares
Population 580
Male Population 273
Female Population 307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katenga Tola compares

By the 2011 count Katenga Tola is the 146th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 298.66 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1037.

Getting to Katenga Tola

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

Katenga Tola lies about 54 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 24 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 Katenga Tola
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 12 km
Nearest railway station Bortalao 24 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 30 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 54 km

Villages closest to Katenga Tola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 Katenga Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Katenga Tola village had a population of 580. That makes it the 146th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Katenga Tola village has 273 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katenga Tola has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Katenga Tola is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katenga Tola covers 298.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katenga Tola falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katenga Tola is Bortalao, about 24 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 Katenga Tola.

Katenga Tola is about 54 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katenga Tola is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 12 km away. Bortalao is about 24 km away. Dongargarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anko (2.0 km), Job (3.0 km) and Jaitgudra (3.6 km).

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

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