About Kathwar Village

Kathwar is a small village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 254 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	545.53 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	254
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathwar compares

By the 2011 count Kathwar is the 31st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 545.53 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Kathwar

Kathwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kathwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kathwar from other places

Kathwar lies about 31 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 43 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 Kathwar
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	5.1 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	20 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	43 km

Villages closest to Kathwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathwar village had a population of 481. That makes it the 31st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Kathwar village has 254 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathwar has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kathwar is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathwar covers 545.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kathwar falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kathwar is Dehradun, about 43 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kathwar.

Kathwar is about 31 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathwar is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 5.1 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 20 km away. Sirmaur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.