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About Katagur Village

Katagur is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 601 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 846.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katagur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katagur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Hungund
Pincode 587207
Area (hectares) 846.74 hectares
Population 1,197
Male Population 601
Female Population 596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katagur compares

By the 2011 count Katagur is the 58th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 846.74 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Katagur

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

Katagur lies about 39 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kudala Sangama, about 18 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 Katagur
Nearest town Muddebihāl 12 km
Nearest railway station Kudala Sangama 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Hungund 22 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 39 km

Villages closest to Katagur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katagur village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 58th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Katagur village has 601 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katagur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Katagur is 587207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katagur covers 846.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katagur falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katagur is Kudala Sangama, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Katagur.

Katagur is about 39 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katagur is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Muddebihāl is about 12 km away. Kudala Sangama is about 18 km away. Hungund is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Turadagi (2.0 km), Gangur (2.3 km) and Bisaladinni (3.5 km).

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

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