About Katna Village

Katna is a small village in Bhanpura tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 429, made up of 235 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.11 hectares hectares.

Katna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandsaur
Tehsil	Bhanpura
Area (hectares)	216.11 hectares
Population	429
Male Population	235
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	826
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katna compares

By the 2011 count Katna is the 64th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,531 residents. Its 216.11 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 945.

Getting to Katna

Katna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katna 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katna from other places

Katna lies about 88 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Dhuankheri, about 14 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 Katna
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanpura	4.7 km
Nearest town	Bhānpura	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Dhuankheri	14 km
District headquarters	Mandsaur	88 km

Villages closest to Katna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katna village had a population of 429. That makes it the 64th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,531 residents.

Katna village has 235 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katna has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Katna covers 216.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katna falls under Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katna is Dhuankheri, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Katna.

Katna is about 88 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katna is in Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district. Bhanpura is about 4.7 km away. Bhānpura is about 4.7 km away. Dhuankheri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.