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About Katicharigan Village

Katicharigan is a small village in Basta tehsil, in the district of Baleshwar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 155 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katicharigan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katicharigan village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Baleshwar
Tehsil Basta
Pincode 756030
Area (hectares) 56 hectares
Population 292
Male Population 155
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katicharigan compares

By the 2011 count Katicharigan is the 103rd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 617 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Katicharigan

Katicharigan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katicharigan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Junbalada, Kadalihanda, Kalianti and Kanchania. 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 Katicharigan

As per the Census of India 2011, Katicharigan village had a population of 292. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 617 residents.

Katicharigan village has 155 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katicharigan has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Katicharigan is 756030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katicharigan covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katicharigan falls under Basta tehsil of Baleshwar district in Odisha.

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

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

Katicharigan is in Basta tehsil of Baleshwar 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 Katicharigan today is likely to be higher.

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