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About Katakiri Village

Katakiri is a small village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 22 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Katakiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katakiri village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Guhagar
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 22
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,545
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katakiri compares

By the 2011 count Katakiri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1367.

Getting to Katakiri

Katakiri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katakiri as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Jamsut, Janavale, Kajurlee and Karde. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Katakiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Katakiri village had a population of 56. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Katakiri village has 22 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katakiri has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1367.

Katakiri covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katakiri falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Katakiri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katakiri.

Katakiri is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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