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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a small village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 179 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.14 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 161.14 hectares
Population 324
Male Population 179
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 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 the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 161.14 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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 5 - 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 50 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 19 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 Lanji 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 19 km
Nearest town Gondiā 33 km
District headquarters Balaghat 50 km

Villages closest to Katangi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lanji 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 324. That makes it the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Katangi village has 179 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Katangi covers 161.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Amgaon, about 19 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 km distance for Katangi.

Katangi is about 50 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 Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 3.8 km away. Amgaon is about 19 km away. Gondiā is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampura (under 2 km), Hagrutola (under 2 km) and Sogalpur (1.7 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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