About Kategaon Village

Kategaon is a mid sized village in Barshi tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,694, made up of 888 males and 806 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 970.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kategaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kategaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Barshi
Pincode	413409
Area (hectares)	970.14 hectares
Population	1,694
Male Population	888
Female Population	806
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kategaon compares

By the 2011 count Kategaon is the 49th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents. Its 970.14 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Kategaon

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

Kategaon lies about 78 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Kuslamb, about 9.6 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 Kategaon
Nearest railway station	Kuslamb	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barshi	17 km
District headquarters	Solapur	78 km

Villages closest to Kategaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kategaon village had a population of 1,694. That makes it the 49th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents.

Kategaon village has 888 males and 806 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kategaon has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Kategaon is 413409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kategaon covers 970.14 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.

Kategaon falls under Barshi tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kategaon is Kuslamb, about 9.6 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 Kategaon.

Kategaon is about 78 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kategaon is in Barshi tehsil of Solapur district. Kuslamb is about 9.6 km away. Barshi is about 17 km away. Solapur is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.