About Katohar Village

Katohar is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 243 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katohar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144216
Area (hectares)	444 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	243
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katohar compares

By the 2011 count Katohar is the 220th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Katohar

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

Katohar lies about 26 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 13 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 Katohar
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	13 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	26 km

Villages closest to Katohar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katohar village had a population of 486. That makes it the 220th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Katohar village has 243 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katohar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Katohar is 144216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katohar covers 444 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.

Katohar falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katohar is Kartoli Punjab, about 13 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 Katohar.

Katohar is about 26 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katohar is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kartoli Punjab is about 13 km away. Talwāra is about 19 km away. Dasua is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.