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About Katral Village

Katral is a mid sized village in Mangalvedhe tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 647 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1094.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katral village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Tehsil Mangalvedhe
Pincode 413319
Area (hectares) 1094.18 hectares
Population 1,218
Male Population 647
Female Population 571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katral compares

By the 2011 count Katral is the 60th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,272 residents. Its 1094.18 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Katral

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

Katral lies about 25 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Tilati, about 9.3 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 Katral
Nearest railway station Tilati 9.3 km
Nearest town Akalkot 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Mangalvedhe 25 km
District headquarters Solapur 25 km

Villages closest to Katral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katral village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 60th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,272 residents.

Katral village has 647 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katral has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Katral is 413319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katral covers 1094.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katral falls under Mangalvedhe tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katral is Tilati, about 9.3 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 Katral.

Katral is about 25 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katral is in Mangalvedhe tehsil of Solapur district. Tilati is about 9.3 km away. Akalkot is about 11 km away. Mangalvedhe is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karjal (under 2 km), Hajapur (8.6 km) and Dharamgaon (9.1 km).

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

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