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About Katariya Village

Katariya is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 369 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares.

Katariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katariya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 238 hectares
Population 748
Male Population 369
Female Population 379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katariya compares

By the 2011 count Katariya is the 77th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Katariya

Katariya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katariya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Katariya from other places

Katariya lies about 13 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi Khurd, about 2.3 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 Katariya
Nearest railway station Katangi Khurd 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 13 km
District headquarters Katni 13 km
Nearest town Murwāra 13 km

Villages closest to Katariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katariya village had a population of 748. That makes it the 77th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Katariya village has 369 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katariya has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Katariya covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katariya falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katariya is Katangi Khurd, about 2.3 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 village for Katariya.

Katariya is about 13 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katariya is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Katangi Khurd is about 2.3 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 13 km away. Katni is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atariya (under 2 km), Pondi (under 2 km) and Pondi Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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