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About Katwal Tukum Village

Katwal Tukum is a mid sized village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 263 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.54 hectares hectares.

Katwal Tukum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katwal Tukum village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Bhadravati
Area (hectares) 319.54 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 263
Female Population 268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katwal Tukum compares

By the 2011 count Katwal Tukum is the 58th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 319.54 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 943.

Getting to Katwal Tukum

Katwal Tukum is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katwal Tukum as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katwal Tukum from other places

Katwal Tukum lies about 35 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Bhandak, about 25 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 Katwal Tukum
Tehsil headquarters Bhadravati 24 km
Nearest railway station Bhandak 25 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 35 km

Villages closest to Katwal Tukum

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhadravati 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 Katwal Tukum

As per the Census of India 2011, Katwal Tukum village had a population of 531. That makes it the 58th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Katwal Tukum village has 263 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katwal Tukum has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Katwal Tukum covers 319.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katwal Tukum falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katwal Tukum is Bhandak, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katwal Tukum.

Katwal Tukum is about 35 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katwal Tukum is in Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district. Bhadravati is about 24 km away. Bhandak is about 25 km away. Chandrapur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katwal Raiyyatwari (under 2 km), Waigaon Tukum (under 2 km) and Viloda (2.0 km).

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

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