About Katgaon Village

Katgaon is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 102 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	255.86 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	102
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katgaon compares

By the 2011 count Katgaon is the 219th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 255.86 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 973.

Getting to Katgaon

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

Katgaon lies about 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 33 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 Katgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	33 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	50 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	51 km

Villages closest to Katgaon

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.

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Common questions about Katgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Katgaon village had a population of 226. That makes it the 219th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Katgaon village has 102 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katgaon has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

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

Katgaon covers 255.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Katgaon is Antagarh, about 33 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 Katgaon.

Katgaon is about 50 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.

Katgaon is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 33 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.