About Kattekai Village

Kattekai is a mid sized village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 262 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattekai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattekai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581322
Area (hectares)	371.77 hectares
Population	507
Male Population	262
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kattekai compares

By the 2011 count Kattekai is the 57th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 371.77 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Kattekai

Kattekai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kattekai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kattekai from other places

Kattekai lies about 42 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 21 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 Kattekai
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	21 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	28 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	42 km

Villages closest to Kattekai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattekai village had a population of 507. That makes it the 57th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kattekai village has 262 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattekai has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Kattekai is 581322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattekai covers 371.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kattekai falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kattekai is Talaguppa, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kattekai.

Kattekai is about 42 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattekai is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 9.2 km away. Talaguppa is about 21 km away. Sirsi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.