About Katagaon Village

Katagaon is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 877, made up of 429 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	707.45 hectares
Population	877
Male Population	429
Female Population	448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katagaon compares

By the 2011 count Katagaon is the 52nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 707.45 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Katagaon

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

Katagaon lies about 15 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 21 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 Katagaon
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	15 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	15 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	21 km
Nearest town	Kānker	26 km

Villages closest to Katagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katagaon village had a population of 877. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Katagaon village has 429 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katagaon has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Katagaon is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katagaon covers 707.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katagaon falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katagaon is Gudum, about 21 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 village for Katagaon.

Katagaon is about 15 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katagaon is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 15 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 15 km away. Gudum is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.