About Katkola Village

Katkola is a large village in Bhanvad tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,216, made up of 1,644 males and 1,572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2156.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 360531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkola village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Bhanvad
Pincode	360531
Area (hectares)	2156.76 hectares
Population	3,216
Male Population	1,644
Female Population	1,572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katkola compares

By the 2011 count Katkola is the 7th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents. Its 2156.76 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Katkola

Katkola is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katkola as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katkola from other places

Katkola lies about 70 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Katkola, about 2.0 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 Katkola
Nearest railway station	Katkola	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanvad	12 km
Nearest town	Bhānvad	12 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	70 km

Villages closest to Katkola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkola village had a population of 3,216. That makes it the 7th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents.

Katkola village has 1,644 males and 1,572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkola has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Katkola is 360531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkola covers 2156.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katkola falls under Bhanvad tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Katkola is Katkola, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katkola.

Katkola is about 70 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkola is in Bhanvad tehsil of Jamnagar district. Katkola is about 2.0 km away. Bhanvad is about 12 km away. Bhānvad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.