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About Katora Village

Katora is a mid sized village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 905 males and 852 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katora village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176027
Area (hectares) 395.23 hectares
Population 1,757
Male Population 905
Female Population 852
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katora compares

By the 2011 count Katora is the 13th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 395.23 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Katora

Katora 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 Katora 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 Katora from other places

Katora lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota Suriyan, about 2.5 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 Katora
Nearest railway station Nagrota Suriyan 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 14 km
Nearest town Talwāra 26 km

Villages closest to Katora

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 Katora

As per the Census of India 2011, Katora village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 13th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Katora village has 905 males and 852 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katora has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Katora covers 395.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katora is Nagrota Suriyan, about 2.5 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 Katora.

Katora is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katora is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Suriyan is about 2.5 km away. Jawali is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basa (under 2 km), Nial (2.0 km) and Nagrotu (2.3 km).

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

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