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About Katiya Village

Katiya is a large village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,469, made up of 1,347 males and 1,122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.5 hectares hectares.

Katiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 456.5 hectares
Population 2,469
Male Population 1,347
Female Population 1,122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katiya compares

By the 2011 count Katiya is the 5th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 456.5 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Katiya

Katiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katiya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Katiya from other places

Katiya lies about 51 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, 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 Katiya
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 12 km
Nearest town Lauri 14 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 19 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 51 km

Villages closest to Katiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katiya village had a population of 2,469. That makes it the 5th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Katiya village has 1,347 males and 1,122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katiya has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 863.

Katiya covers 456.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katiya falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katiya is Singhpur Dumra, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katiya.

Katiya is about 51 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katiya is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 12 km away. Lauri is about 14 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salaiya (under 2 km), Parmajhor (2.7 km) and Makundpur (3.1 km).

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

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