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About Katangi Village

Katangi is a mid sized village in Niwas tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 242 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.71 hectares hectares.

Katangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Niwas
Area (hectares) 258.71 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 242
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
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 Katangi compares

By the 2011 count Katangi is the 99th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 671 residents. Its 258.71 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Katangi

Katangi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katangi 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 Katangi from other places

Katangi lies about 62 km from Mandla. 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
Tehsil headquarters Niwas 18 km
Nearest town Nowrozabad 46 km
District headquarters Mandla 62 km

Villages closest to Katangi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Niwas 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 522. That makes it the 99th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 671 residents.

Katangi village has 242 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangi has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Katangi covers 258.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Katangi notes the nearest railway station 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 Katangi.

Katangi is about 62 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 Niwas tehsil of Mandla district. Niwas is about 18 km away. Nowrozabad is about 46 km away. Mandla is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghughari F V (1.6 km), Gadadeori Mal (6.6 km) and Gadadeori Ryt (6.6 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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