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About Katkumbh Village

Katkumbh is a large village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,403, made up of 1,284 males and 1,119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704.49 hectares hectares.

Katkumbh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkumbh village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chikhaldara
Area (hectares) 704.49 hectares
Population 2,403
Male Population 1,284
Female Population 1,119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katkumbh compares

By the 2011 count Katkumbh is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 704.49 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Katkumbh

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

Katkumbh lies about 74 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Achalpur, about 32 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 Katkumbh
Tehsil headquarters Chikhaldara 30 km
Nearest railway station Achalpur 32 km
District headquarters Amravati 74 km

Villages closest to Katkumbh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkumbh village had a population of 2,403. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Katkumbh village has 1,284 males and 1,119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkumbh has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Katkumbh covers 704.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katkumbh falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katkumbh is Achalpur, about 32 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 village for Katkumbh.

Katkumbh is about 74 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkumbh is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Chikhaldara is about 30 km away. Achalpur is about 32 km away. Amravati is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koylari (2.3 km), Kanheri (2.4 km) and Bhagdari (2.4 km).

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

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