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About Katrabad Village

Katrabad is a mid sized village in Paranda tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 411 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.11 hectares hectares.

Katrabad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrabad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Paranda
Area (hectares) 272.11 hectares
Population 762
Male Population 411
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katrabad compares

By the 2011 count Katrabad is the 67th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 272.11 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Katrabad

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

Katrabad lies about 61 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Mahisgaon, about 16 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 Katrabad
Tehsil headquarters Paranda 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Mahisgaon 16 km
Nearest town Kurduvādi 18 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 61 km

Villages closest to Katrabad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrabad village had a population of 762. That makes it the 67th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Katrabad village has 411 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrabad has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Katrabad covers 272.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katrabad falls under Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katrabad is Mahisgaon, about 16 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 Katrabad.

Katrabad is about 61 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrabad is in Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district. Paranda is about 1.9 km away. Mahisgaon is about 16 km away. Kurduvādi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Songiri (1.9 km), Paranda (1.9 km) and Khasgaon (3.3 km).

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

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