About Katara Village

Katara is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 904, made up of 484 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.05 hectares hectares.

Katara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Area (hectares)	815.05 hectares
Population	904
Male Population	484
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Katara compares

By the 2011 count Katara is the 92nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 815.05 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Katara

Katara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katara 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katara from other places

Katara lies about 27 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Duriyaganj, about 9.7 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 Katara
Nearest railway station	Duriyaganj	9.7 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	25 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	27 km

Villages closest to Katara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katara village had a population of 904. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Katara village has 484 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katara has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Katara covers 815.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katara falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katara is Duriyaganj, about 9.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katara.

Katara is about 27 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katara is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Duriyaganj is about 9.7 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 24 km away. Rajnagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.