About Katur Village

Katur is a mid sized village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,869, made up of 939 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581346, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Mundgod
Pincode	581346
Area (hectares)	841.61 hectares
Population	1,869
Male Population	939
Female Population	930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katur compares

By the 2011 count Katur is the 11th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 841.61 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

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 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 Katur from other places

Katur lies about 56 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kalsur, about 40 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mundgod	12 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kalsur	40 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	56 km

Villages closest to Katur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mundgod 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 1,869. That makes it the 11th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Katur village has 939 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katur has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Katur is 581346. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katur covers 841.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katur falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katur is Kalsur, about 40 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 Katur.

Katur is about 56 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katur is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mundgod is about 12 km away. Hāngal is about 15 km away. Kalsur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.