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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a mid sized village in Ghughari tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 936, made up of 468 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.77 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Ghughari
Area (hectares) 335.77 hectares
Population 936
Male Population 468
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is the 78th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 335.77 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Katangi

The census records public bus service for Katangi as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katangi from other places

Katangi lies about 90 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Bheraghat, about 4.0 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
Nearest railway station Bheraghat 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghughari 17 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 20 km
District headquarters Mandla 90 km

Villages closest to Katangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangi village had a population of 936. That makes it the 78th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Katangi village has 468 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Katangi covers 335.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangi falls under Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katangi is Bheraghat, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katangi.

Katangi is about 90 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katangi is in Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district. Bheraghat is about 4.0 km away. Ghughari is about 17 km away. Jabalpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dundi (5.5 km), Chandwara (7.9 km) and Sakri (8.0 km).

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

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