About Katapur Village

Katapur is a mid sized village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 428 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583283, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Gangawati
Pincode	583283
Area (hectares)	537 hectares
Population	797
Male Population	428
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katapur compares

By the 2011 count Katapur is the 108th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 992.

Getting to Katapur

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

Katapur lies about 39 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Papinayaknahalli, about 11 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 Katapur
Nearest town	Kamalāpuram	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Papinayaknahalli	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangawati	11 km
District headquarters	Koppal	39 km

Villages closest to Katapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katapur village had a population of 797. That makes it the 108th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Katapur village has 428 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katapur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Katapur is 583283. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katapur covers 537 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katapur falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katapur is Papinayaknahalli, about 11 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 Katapur.

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

Katapur is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Kamalāpuram is about 5.1 km away. Papinayaknahalli is about 11 km away. Gangawati is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.