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About Katrah Khas Village

Katrah Khas is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 94 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katrah Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrah Khas village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176025
Area (hectares) 46.33 hectares
Population 172
Male Population 94
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katrah Khas compares

By the 2011 count Katrah Khas is the 109th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 46.33 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Katrah Khas

Katrah Khas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katrah Khas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Katrah Khas from other places

Katrah Khas lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Barial Himachal, about 13 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 Katrah Khas
Nearest town Talwāra 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Barial Himachal 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km

Villages closest to Katrah Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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 Katrah Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrah Khas village had a population of 172. That makes it the 109th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Katrah Khas village has 94 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrah Khas has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Katrah Khas is 176025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katrah Khas covers 46.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katrah Khas falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katrah Khas is Barial Himachal, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katrah Khas.

Katrah Khas is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrah Khas is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 9.6 km away. Fatehpur is about 12 km away. Barial Himachal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sath (2.4 km), Sathana Khas (2.4 km) and Nand (2.5 km).

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

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