About Katola Village

Katola is a small village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 140 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katola village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	64.89 hectares
Population	275
Male Population	140
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katola compares

By the 2011 count Katola is the 17th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 64.89 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Katola

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

Katola lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 3.4 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 Katola
Nearest railway station	Kandaghat	3.4 km
Nearest town	Solan	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Katola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katola village had a population of 275. That makes it the 17th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Katola village has 140 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katola has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Katola is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katola covers 64.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katola falls under Junga tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katola is Kandaghat, about 3.4 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 village for Katola.

Katola is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katola is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Kandaghat is about 3.4 km away. Solan is about 6.4 km away. Junga is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.