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About Katanga Mal Village

Katanga Mal is a small village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 89 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.48 hectares hectares.

Katanga Mal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katanga Mal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Bichhiya
Area (hectares) 154.48 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 89
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katanga Mal compares

By the 2011 count Katanga Mal is the 295th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 154.48 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, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Katanga Mal

Katanga Mal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katanga Mal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Katanga Mal from other places

Katanga Mal lies about 111 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Deori, about 27 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 Katanga Mal
Nearest town Kaimori 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bichhiya 24 km
Nearest railway station Deori 27 km
District headquarters Mandla 111 km

Villages closest to Katanga Mal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bichhiya 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 Katanga Mal

As per the Census of India 2011, Katanga Mal village had a population of 166. That makes it the 295th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Katanga Mal village has 89 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katanga Mal has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Katanga Mal covers 154.48 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.

Katanga Mal falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katanga Mal is Deori, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Katanga Mal.

Katanga Mal is about 111 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katanga Mal is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Kaimori is about 8.4 km away. Bichhiya is about 24 km away. Deori is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katanga Ryt (under 2 km), Katangi (under 2 km) and Amjhar (3.4 km).

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

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