About Katangikalan Village

Katangikalan is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,770, made up of 899 males and 871 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katangikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangikalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	637.96 hectares
Population	1,770
Male Population	899
Female Population	871
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangikalan compares

By the 2011 count Katangikalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 637.96 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Katangikalan

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

Katangikalan 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 Katangikalan
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	7.7 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	36 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Katangikalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangikalan village had a population of 1,770. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Katangikalan village has 899 males and 871 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangikalan has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Katangikalan is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katangikalan covers 637.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangikalan falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katangikalan 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 10+ km distance for Katangikalan.

Katangikalan 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.

Katangikalan is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 7.7 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.