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About Katrihar Village

Katrihar is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 752 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713.44 hectares hectares.

Katrihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrihar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 713.44 hectares
Population 1,546
Male Population 752
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katrihar compares

By the 2011 count Katrihar is the 65th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 713.44 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Katrihar

Katrihar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katrihar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katrihar from other places

Katrihar lies about 20 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Mirchadhuri, about 10 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 Katrihar
Nearest railway station Mirchadhuri 10 km
District headquarters Singrauli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 23 km

Villages closest to Katrihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrihar village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 65th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Katrihar village has 752 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrihar has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Katrihar covers 713.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katrihar falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katrihar is Mirchadhuri, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katrihar.

Katrihar is about 20 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrihar is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Mirchadhuri is about 10 km away. Singrauli is about 20 km away. Chitrangi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sidhar (1.6 km), Sidhari (4.8 km) and Badgada (5.7 km).

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

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