About Katran Village

Katran is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 380 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415711, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katran village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Dapoli
Pincode	415711
Area (hectares)	472.04 hectares
Population	923
Male Population	380
Female Population	543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,429
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katran compares

By the 2011 count Katran is the 52nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 472.04 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1293.

Getting to Katran

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

Katran lies about 71 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Anjani, about 6.3 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 Katran
Nearest railway station	Anjani	6.3 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dapoli	22 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	71 km

Villages closest to Katran

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

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Common questions about Katran

As per the Census of India 2011, Katran village had a population of 923. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Katran village has 380 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katran has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1293.

The pincode recorded for Katran is 415711. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katran covers 472.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katran falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katran is Anjani, about 6.3 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 Katran.

Katran is about 71 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katran is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Anjani is about 6.3 km away. Chiplūn is about 21 km away. Dapoli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.