About Katgaon Village

Katgaon is a mid sized village in Nichar tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 371 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katgaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Nichar
Pincode	172118
Area (hectares)	154.42 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	371
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katgaon compares

By the 2011 count Katgaon is the 10th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 326 residents. Its 154.42 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Katgaon

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

Katgaon lies about 23 km from Kinnaur. 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 Katgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Nichar	23 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	23 km
Nearest town	Shimla	99 km

Villages closest to Katgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katgaon village had a population of 704. That makes it the 10th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 326 residents.

Katgaon village has 371 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katgaon has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Katgaon is 172118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katgaon covers 154.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katgaon falls under Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Katgaon notes the nearest railway station 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 Katgaon.

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

Katgaon is in Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district. Nichar is about 23 km away. Kinnaur is about 23 km away. Shimla is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.