About Katar Village

Katar is a mid sized village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 312 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581400, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Karwar
Pincode	581400
Area (hectares)	364.6 hectares
Population	667
Male Population	312
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katar compares

By the 2011 count Katar is the 25th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 364.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1019.

Getting to Katar

Katar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Katar from other places

Katar lies about 53 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Asnoti, about 3.0 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 Katar
Nearest railway station	Asnoti	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karwar	8.8 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	53 km

Villages closest to Katar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katar village had a population of 667. That makes it the 25th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Katar village has 312 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katar has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Katar is 581400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katar covers 364.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katar falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katar is Asnoti, about 3.0 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 10+ km distance for Katar.

Katar is about 53 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katar is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Asnoti is about 3.0 km away. Karwar is about 8.8 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.