About Katoti Village

Katoti is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 65 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katoti village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	79.66 hectares
Population	125
Male Population	65
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katoti compares

By the 2011 count Katoti is the 94th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 79.66 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 945.

Getting to Katoti

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

Katoti lies about 37 km from Shimla. 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 Katoti
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	32 km
District headquarters	Shimla	37 km

Villages closest to Katoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katoti village had a population of 125. That makes it the 94th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Katoti village has 65 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katoti has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Katoti is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katoti covers 79.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katoti falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Katoti 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katoti.

Katoti is about 37 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katoti is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 32 km away. Shimla is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.