About Katur Village

Katur is a large village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,138, made up of 1,093 males and 1,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 869.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Nanjangud
Pincode	571314
Area (hectares)	869.98 hectares
Population	2,138
Male Population	1,093
Female Population	1,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katur compares

By the 2011 count Katur is the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 869.98 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Katur

Katur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Katur from other places

Katur lies about 33 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 26 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 Katur
Nearest railway station	Sujatapuram	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nanjangud	27 km
Nearest town	Nanjangūd	27 km
District headquarters	Mysore	33 km

Villages closest to Katur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katur village had a population of 2,138. That makes it the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Katur village has 1,093 males and 1,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katur has about 956 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 Katur is 571314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katur covers 869.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katur falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katur is Sujatapuram, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katur.

Katur is about 33 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katur is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Sujatapuram is about 26 km away. Nanjangud is about 27 km away. Nanjangūd is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.