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About Katangdhara Village

Katangdhara is a mid sized village in Sakoli tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 903, made up of 462 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.47 hectares hectares.

Katangdhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katangdhara village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Sakoli
Area (hectares) 268.47 hectares
Population 903
Male Population 462
Female Population 441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katangdhara compares

By the 2011 count Katangdhara is the 42nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents. Its 268.47 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Katangdhara

Katangdhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katangdhara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Katangdhara from other places

Katangdhara lies about 38 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Gond Umari, 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 Katangdhara
Tehsil headquarters Sakoli 12 km
Nearest railway station Gond Umari 14 km
District headquarters Bhandara 38 km
Nearest town Bhandāra 38 km

Villages closest to Katangdhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katangdhara village had a population of 903. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents.

Katangdhara village has 462 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katangdhara has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Katangdhara covers 268.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katangdhara falls under Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katangdhara is Gond Umari, 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 <5 km distance for Katangdhara.

Katangdhara is about 38 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katangdhara is in Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district. Sakoli is about 12 km away. Gond Umari is about 14 km away. Bhandara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sasara (under 2 km), Nyaharwani (under 2 km) and Sangaon (under 2 km).

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

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