About Kathana Village

Kathana is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 89 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	145.93 hectares
Population	167
Male Population	89
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathana compares

By the 2011 count Kathana is the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 145.93 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Kathana

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

Kathana lies about 19 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 36 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 Kathana
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	6.1 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	6.1 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	36 km

Villages closest to Kathana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathana village had a population of 167. That makes it the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Kathana village has 89 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathana has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Kathana is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathana covers 145.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kathana falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kathana is Barog, about 36 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 Kathana.

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

Kathana is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 6.1 km away. Nāhan is about 6.1 km away. Sirmaur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.