About Katangi Village

Katangi is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,601, made up of 766 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.84 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Kirnapur
Area (hectares)	493.84 hectares
Population	1,601
Male Population	766
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is the 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 493.84 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Katangi

Katangi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katangi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 37 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Nagradham P.H., about 1.8 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
Nearest railway station	Nagradham P.H.	1.8 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kirnapur	20 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	37 km

Villages closest to Katangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangi village had a population of 1,601. That makes it the 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Katangi village has 766 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Katangi covers 493.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Nagradham P.H., about 1.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katangi.

Katangi is about 37 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 Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Nagradham P.H. is about 1.8 km away. Gondiā is about 3.0 km away. Kirnapur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.