About Kathni Village

Kathni is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 137 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173209
Area (hectares)	124.42 hectares
Population	252
Male Population	137
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	839
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathni compares

By the 2011 count Kathni is the 49th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 124.42 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Kathni

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

Kathni lies about 10 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about 3.5 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 Kathni
Nearest railway station	Dharampur Himachal	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	4.7 km
District headquarters	Solan	10 km

Villages closest to Kathni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathni village had a population of 252. That makes it the 49th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Kathni village has 137 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathni has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kathni is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathni covers 124.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kathni falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kathni is Dharampur Himachal, about 3.5 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 Kathni.

Kathni is about 10 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathni is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Dharampur Himachal is about 3.5 km away. Kasauli is about 4.7 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.