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About Katabans Village

Katabans is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 39 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katabans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katabans village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 387.55 hectares
Population 81
Male Population 39
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katabans compares

By the 2011 count Katabans is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 387.55 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 973.

Getting to Katabans

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

Katabans lies about 46 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 28 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 Katabans
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 28 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 46 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 49 km

Villages closest to Katabans

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katabans village had a population of 81. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Katabans village has 39 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katabans has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Katabans is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katabans covers 387.55 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.

Katabans falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Katabans is Antagarh, about 28 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 Katabans.

Katabans is about 46 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.

Katabans is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 28 km away. Antagarh is about 28 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wala (2.0 km), Kehlabeda (3.3 km) and Katgaon (4.2 km).

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

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