About Katakeri Village

Katakeri is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,816, made up of 1,014 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1143.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katakeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katakeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571201
Area (hectares)	1143.31 hectares
Population	1,816
Male Population	1,014
Female Population	802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	791
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katakeri compares

By the 2011 count Katakeri is the 26th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1143.31 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Katakeri

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

Katakeri lies about 4.7 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 39 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 Katakeri
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	4.0 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	39 km

Villages closest to Katakeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katakeri village had a population of 1,816. That makes it the 26th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Katakeri village has 1,014 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katakeri has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Katakeri is 571201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katakeri covers 1143.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katakeri falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katakeri is Bajakere, about 39 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 Katakeri.

Katakeri is about 4.7 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katakeri is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Madikeri is about 4.0 km away. Kodagu is about 4.7 km away. Bajakere is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.