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About Katangi Kalan Village

Katangi Kalan is a large village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,600, made up of 1,306 males and 1,294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.29 hectares hectares.

Katangi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 494.29 hectares
Population 2,600
Male Population 1,306
Female Population 1,294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Katangi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Katangi Kalan is the 12th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 494.29 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Katangi Kalan

Katangi Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katangi Kalan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katangi Kalan from other places

Katangi Kalan lies about 11 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jhalwara, about under 2 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Jhalwara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 11 km
District headquarters Katni 11 km
Nearest town Murwāra 11 km

Villages closest to Katangi Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangi Kalan village had a population of 2,600. That makes it the 12th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Katangi Kalan village has 1,306 males and 1,294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi Kalan 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 954.

Katangi Kalan covers 494.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangi Kalan falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katangi Kalan is Jhalwara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Katangi Kalan is about 11 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katangi Kalan is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Jhalwara is about under 2 km away. Murwara is about 11 km away. Katni is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhalwara (under 2 km), Sarra (1.8 km) and Bichhiya (1.9 km).

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

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