About Katnal Village

Katnal is a mid sized village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 301 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katnal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Krishnarajanagara
Pincode	571602
Area (hectares)	92.17 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	301
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katnal compares

By the 2011 count Katnal is the 108th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 92.17 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Katnal

Katnal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katnal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katnal from other places

Katnal lies about 34 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Hampapura, about 2.3 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 Katnal
Nearest railway station	Hampapura	2.3 km
Nearest town	Krishnarājāsāgara	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Krishnarajanagara	34 km
District headquarters	Mysore	34 km

Villages closest to Katnal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katnal village had a population of 625. That makes it the 108th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Katnal village has 301 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katnal has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Katnal is 571602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katnal covers 92.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katnal falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katnal is Hampapura, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katnal.

Katnal is about 34 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katnal is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Hampapura is about 2.3 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 3.5 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.