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About Katyara Village

Katyara is a mid sized village in Bhaderwah tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,122, made up of 553 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katyara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katyara village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Doda
Tehsil Bhaderwah
Pincode 182222
Area (hectares) 537 hectares
Population 1,122
Male Population 553
Female Population 569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katyara compares

By the 2011 count Katyara is the 14th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 545 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Katyara

Katyara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katyara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Katyara from other places

Katyara lies about 48 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, 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 Katyara
Tehsil headquarters Bhaderwah 30 km
Nearest railway station Budhi 36 km
Nearest town Kathua 41 km
District headquarters Doda 48 km

Villages closest to Katyara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katyara village had a population of 1,122. That makes it the 14th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 545 residents.

Katyara village has 553 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katyara has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Katyara is 182222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katyara covers 537 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katyara falls under Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Katyara is Budhi, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katyara.

Katyara is about 48 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katyara is in Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district. Bhaderwah is about 30 km away. Budhi is about 36 km away. Kathua is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Katoch (under 2 km), Chakka (under 2 km) and Derka (under 2 km).

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

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