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About Katyar Village

Katyar is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,562, made up of 778 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 858.58 hectares hectares.

Katyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katyar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 858.58 hectares
Population 1,562
Male Population 778
Female Population 784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katyar compares

By the 2011 count Katyar is the 39th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 858.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Katyar

Katyar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katyar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Katyar from other places

Katyar lies about 23 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Smrak Road, 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 Katyar
Nearest railway station Gandhi Smrak Road 14 km
Nearest town Daryāpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 23 km

Villages closest to Katyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katyar village had a population of 1,562. That makes it the 39th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Katyar village has 778 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katyar has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Katyar covers 858.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katyar falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katyar is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katyar.

Katyar is about 23 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katyar is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Gandhi Smrak Road is about 14 km away. Daryāpur is about 20 km away. Akola 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 Ambikapur (2.9 km), Kapileshwar (3.9 km) and Mhaisang (4.1 km).

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

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