About Katara Village

Katara is a large village in Harij tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,800, made up of 1,473 males and 1,327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1608.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katara village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Tehsil	Harij
Pincode	384240
Area (hectares)	1608.13 hectares
Population	2,800
Male Population	1,473
Female Population	1,327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katara compares

By the 2011 count Katara is the 6th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents. Its 1608.13 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Katara

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

Katara lies about 23 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Kansa, about 16 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 Katara
Nearest town	Un	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kansa	16 km
District headquarters	Patan	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harij	24 km

Villages closest to Katara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katara village had a population of 2,800. That makes it the 6th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents.

Katara village has 1,473 males and 1,327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katara has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Katara is 384240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katara covers 1608.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katara falls under Harij tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Katara is Kansa, about 16 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Katara.

Katara is about 23 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katara is in Harij tehsil of Patan district. Un is about 15 km away. Kansa is about 16 km away. Patan is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.