About Kathana Village

Kathana is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 157 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143519, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143519
Area (hectares)	291 hectares
Population	296
Male Population	157
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathana compares

By the 2011 count Kathana is the 320th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 291 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 910.

Getting to Kathana

Kathana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kathana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kathana from other places

Kathana lies about 16 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Mukerian, about 9.9 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 Kathana
Nearest railway station	Mukerian	9.9 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	11 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	32 km

Villages closest to Kathana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathana village had a population of 296. That makes it the 320th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Kathana village has 157 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathana has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Kathana is 143519. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathana covers 291 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kathana falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kathana is Mukerian, about 9.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kathana.

Kathana is about 16 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathana is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Mukerian is about 9.9 km away. Mukeriān is about 11 km away. Gurdaspur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.