About Katral Village

Katral is a mid sized village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 669, made up of 341 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katral village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Yelbarga
Pincode	583236
Area (hectares)	422.49 hectares
Population	669
Male Population	341
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katral compares

By the 2011 count Katral is the 115th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 422.49 hectares work out to about 1.6 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Katral

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

Katral lies about 51 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Hole Alur, about 28 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 Katral
Nearest town	Gajendragarh	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yelbarga	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hole Alur	28 km
District headquarters	Koppal	51 km

Villages closest to Katral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katral village had a population of 669. That makes it the 115th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Katral village has 341 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katral has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Katral is 583236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katral covers 422.49 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.

Katral falls under Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katral is Hole Alur, about 28 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 Katral.

Katral is about 51 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katral is in Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Gajendragarh is about 8.3 km away. Yelbarga is about 18 km away. Hole Alur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.