About Katahn Village

Katahn is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 54 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,278 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katahn Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katahn village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	33 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	54
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,278
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katahn compares

By the 2011 count Katahn is the 117th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 33 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Katahn

Katahn is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katahn as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Katahn from other places

Katahn lies about 50 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 47 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 Katahn
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	19 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	47 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	48 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Katahn

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katahn village had a population of 123. That makes it the 117th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Katahn village has 54 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katahn has about 1278 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Katahn is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katahn covers 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.

Katahn falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katahn is Salogra, about 47 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katahn.

Katahn is about 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katahn is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 19 km away. Salogra is about 47 km away. Nāhan is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.