About Katra Village

Katra is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 467 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644 hectares hectares.

Katra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	644 hectares
Population	930
Male Population	467
Female Population	463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katra compares

By the 2011 count Katra is the 56th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 644 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Katra

Katra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katra as Available within 5 - 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 Katra from other places

Katra lies about 34 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 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 Katra
Nearest railway station	Sleemanabad Road	16 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	34 km
District headquarters	Katni	34 km

Villages closest to Katra

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.

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Common questions about Katra

As per the Census of India 2011, Katra village had a population of 930. That makes it the 56th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Katra village has 467 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katra has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Katra covers 644 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Katra is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Katra.

Katra is about 34 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katra is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Sleemanabad Road is about 16 km away. Sihorā is about 33 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.