About Katagaru Village

Katagaru is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 259 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katagaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katagaru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577415
Area (hectares)	217.1 hectares
Population	525
Male Population	259
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katagaru compares

By the 2011 count Katagaru is the 83rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 217.1 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Katagaru

Katagaru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katagaru as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Katagaru from other places

Katagaru lies about 35 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 32 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 Katagaru
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	10 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	32 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	35 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	35 km

Villages closest to Katagaru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katagaru village had a population of 525. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Katagaru village has 259 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katagaru has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Katagaru is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katagaru covers 217.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katagaru falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katagaru is Arasalu, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katagaru.

Katagaru is about 35 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katagaru is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 10 km away. Arasalu is about 32 km away. Shimoga is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.