About Kathavai Village

Kathavai is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 109 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathavai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathavai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	292.8 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	109
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,165
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathavai compares

By the 2011 count Kathavai is the 204th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 292.8 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kathavai

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

Kathavai lies about 85 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 22 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 Kathavai
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	22 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	85 km

Villages closest to Kathavai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathavai village had a population of 236. That makes it the 204th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kathavai village has 109 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathavai has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kathavai is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathavai covers 292.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kathavai falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kathavai is Kanale, about 22 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 Kathavai.

Kathavai is about 85 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathavai is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 16 km away. Kanale is about 22 km away. Sirsi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.