About Katai Village

Katai is a large village in Kalyan tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,558, made up of 1,365 males and 1,193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares.

Katai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Kalyan
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	2,558
Male Population	1,365
Female Population	1,193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katai compares

By the 2011 count Katai is the 17th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,332 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Katai

Katai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katai from other places

Katai lies about 12 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Nilaje, about 1.7 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 Katai
Nearest railway station	Nilaje	1.7 km
Nearest town	Dombivali	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalyan	10 km
District headquarters	Thane	12 km

Villages closest to Katai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katai village had a population of 2,558. That makes it the 17th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,332 residents.

Katai village has 1,365 males and 1,193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katai has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Katai covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katai falls under Kalyan tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katai is Nilaje, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Katai.

Katai is about 12 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katai is in Kalyan tehsil of Thane district. Nilaje is about 1.7 km away. Dombivali is about 5.2 km away. Kalyan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.