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About Katsur Village

Katsur is a small village in Teosa tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 99 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.6 hectares hectares.

Katsur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katsur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Teosa
Area (hectares) 254.6 hectares
Population 179
Male Population 99
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 808
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 Katsur compares

By the 2011 count Katsur is the 65th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,490 residents. Its 254.6 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 936.

Getting to Katsur

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

Katsur lies about 26 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Shirala, about 11 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 Katsur
Nearest railway station Shirala 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Teosa 26 km
District headquarters Amravati 26 km

Villages closest to Katsur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katsur village had a population of 179. That makes it the 65th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,490 residents.

Katsur village has 99 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katsur has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Katsur covers 254.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katsur falls under Teosa tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katsur is Shirala, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katsur.

Katsur is about 26 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katsur is in Teosa tehsil of Amravati district. Shirala is about 11 km away. Teosa is about 26 km away. Amravati is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vinchori (5.7 km), Durgwada (8.1 km) and Karajgaon (8.8 km).

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

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