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About Katvan Village

Katvan is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 391 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.11 hectares hectares.

Katvan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katvan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Devgad
Area (hectares) 213.11 hectares
Population 794
Male Population 391
Female Population 403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katvan compares

By the 2011 count Katvan is the 59th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 213.11 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Katvan

Katvan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katvan 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jamsande, Juveshwar, Kalambai and Kalvi. 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 Katvan

As per the Census of India 2011, Katvan village had a population of 794. That makes it the 59th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Katvan village has 391 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katvan has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1073.

Katvan covers 213.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katvan falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

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

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

Katvan is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg 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 Katvan today is likely to be higher.

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