About Katoh Village

Katoh is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 126 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,254 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katoh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katoh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	116.69 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	126
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,254
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katoh compares

By the 2011 count Katoh is the 30th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 116.69 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Katoh

Katoh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katoh 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katoh from other places

Katoh lies about 12 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about under 2 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 Katoh
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	6.0 km
Nearest town	Shimla	12 km
District headquarters	Solan	12 km

Villages closest to Katoh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katoh village had a population of 284. That makes it the 30th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Katoh village has 126 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katoh has about 1254 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Katoh is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katoh covers 116.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katoh falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katoh is Kathleeghat, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Katoh.

Katoh is about 12 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katoh is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kathleeghat is about under 2 km away. Kandaghat is about 6.0 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.