About Katamala Village

Katamala is a small village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 190 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katamala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katamala village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572125
Area (hectares)	178.5 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	190
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katamala compares

By the 2011 count Katamala is the 165th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 178.5 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Katamala

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

Katamala lies about 34 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Gubbi, 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 Katamala
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	19 km
Nearest town	Sīra	19 km
Nearest railway station	Gubbi	28 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	34 km

Villages closest to Katamala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katamala village had a population of 352. That makes it the 165th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Katamala village has 190 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katamala has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Katamala is 572125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katamala covers 178.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katamala falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katamala is Gubbi, 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 village for Katamala.

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

Katamala is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 19 km away. Sīra is about 19 km away. Gubbi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.