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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,587, made up of 787 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.15 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 418.15 hectares
Population 1,587
Male Population 787
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is the 24th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 418.15 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Katangi

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

Katangi lies about 49 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 45 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 Katangi
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 3.8 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 15 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 45 km
District headquarters Balaghat 49 km

Villages closest to Katangi

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

Common questions about Katangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangi village had a population of 1,587. That makes it the 24th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Katangi village has 787 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Katangi covers 418.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangi falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Dhapewara, about 45 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katangi.

Katangi is about 49 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katangi is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 3.8 km away. Malajkhand is about 15 km away. Dhapewara is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gowari (1.5 km), Mohbatta (1.9 km) and Pipariya (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katangi today is likely to be higher.

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