About Katanga Village

Katanga is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 309 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.01 hectares hectares.

Katanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katanga village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	295.01 hectares
Population	607
Male Population	309
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
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 Katanga compares

By the 2011 count Katanga is the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 295.01 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Katanga

Katanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katanga 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 Katanga from other places

Katanga lies about 21 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 3.5 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 Katanga
Nearest railway station	Magardharra Ph	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	21 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	21 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	21 km

Villages closest to Katanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katanga village had a population of 607. That makes it the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Katanga village has 309 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katanga has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Katanga covers 295.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katanga falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katanga is Magardharra Ph, about 3.5 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 Katanga.

Katanga is about 21 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katanga is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 3.5 km away. Lalbarra is about 21 km away. Balaghat is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.