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About Katani Village

Katani is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 132 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katani village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145026
Area (hectares) 97 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 132
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katani compares

By the 2011 count Katani is the 282nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 934.

Getting to Katani

The census records public bus service for Katani as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katani from other places

Katani lies about 25 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 7.5 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 Katani
Nearest railway station Jakolari 7.5 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 16 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 25 km

Villages closest to Katani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katani village had a population of 245. That makes it the 282nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Katani village has 132 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katani has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Katani is 145026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katani covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katani falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katani is Jakolari, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

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

Katani is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jakolari is about 7.5 km away. Dīnānagar is about 13 km away. Pathankot is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohaura Khurd (under 2 km), Malpur (under 2 km) and Sohaura Kalan (1.7 km).

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

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