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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a small village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 161 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.39 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 288.39 hectares
Population 349
Male Population 161
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,168
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 288.39 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1028.

Getting to Katangi

Katangi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katangi as Available within 10+ 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 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 24 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 15 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 Khairlanji 9.8 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 14 km
Nearest railway station Waraseoni 15 km
District headquarters Balaghat 24 km

Villages closest to Katangi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairlanji 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 349. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Katangi village has 161 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Katangi covers 288.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Waraseoni, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katangi.

Katangi is about 24 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 Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 9.8 km away. Wārāseonī is about 14 km away. Waraseoni is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanhadgaon (1.9 km), Bhanpur (2.3 km) and Kothurna (2.5 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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