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About Katal Kathar Village

Katal Kathar is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 143 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katal Kathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katal Kathar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Solan
Pincode 173229
Area (hectares) 98.09 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 143
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katal Kathar compares

By the 2011 count Katal Kathar is the 55th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 98.09 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Katal Kathar

Katal Kathar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katal Kathar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katal Kathar from other places

Katal Kathar lies about 6.2 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 4.2 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 Katal Kathar
Nearest railway station Barog 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Solan 6.2 km

Villages closest to Katal Kathar

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

Common questions about Katal Kathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Katal Kathar village had a population of 277. That makes it the 55th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Katal Kathar village has 143 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katal Kathar has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Katal Kathar is 173229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katal Kathar covers 98.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katal Kathar falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katal Kathar is Barog, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katal Kathar.

Katal Kathar is about 6.2 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katal Kathar is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Barog is about 4.2 km away. Solan is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultanpur (under 2 km), Neri (under 2 km) and Neri Kalan (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katal Kathar today is likely to be higher.

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