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About Katholi Village

Katholi is a large village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,439, made up of 1,185 males and 1,254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katholi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176027
Area (hectares) 154.72 hectares
Population 2,439
Male Population 1,185
Female Population 1,254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katholi compares

By the 2011 count Katholi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 154.72 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Katholi

Katholi 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 Katholi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katholi from other places

Katholi lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota Suriyan, about under 2 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 Katholi
Nearest railway station Nagrota Suriyan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Talwāra 22 km

Villages closest to Katholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katholi village had a population of 2,439. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Katholi village has 1,185 males and 1,254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katholi has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Katholi is 176027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katholi covers 154.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katholi falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katholi is Nagrota Suriyan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Katholi.

Katholi is about 17 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katholi is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Suriyan is about under 2 km away. Jawali is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagrotu (under 2 km), Basa (2.4 km) and Bajhera (3.0 km).

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

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