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About Katarkana Village

Katarkana is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 918, made up of 449 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.16 hectares hectares.

Katarkana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katarkana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 184.16 hectares
Population 918
Male Population 449
Female Population 469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katarkana compares

By the 2011 count Katarkana is the 46th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 184.16 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Katarkana

The census records public bus service for Katarkana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katarkana from other places

Katarkana lies about 42 km from Balaghat. 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 Katarkana
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 2.7 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 27 km
District headquarters Balaghat 42 km

Villages closest to Katarkana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katarkana village had a population of 918. That makes it the 46th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Katarkana village has 449 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katarkana has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Katarkana covers 184.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Katarkana notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katarkana.

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

Katarkana is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 2.7 km away. Wārāseonī is about 27 km away. Balaghat is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisapur (under 2 km), Patharwada (under 2 km) and Khamariya (1.7 km).

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

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