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About Katani Kalan Village

Katani Kalan is a large village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,016, made up of 1,571 males and 1,445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katani Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katani Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141113
Area (hectares) 543 hectares
Population 3,016
Male Population 1,571
Female Population 1,445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katani Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Katani Kalan is the 18th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 543 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Katani Kalan

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

Katani Kalan lies about 23 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 2.7 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 Katani Kalan
Nearest railway station Lal kalan 2.7 km
Nearest town Dorāha 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 23 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 23 km

Villages closest to Katani Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Katani Kalan village had a population of 3,016. That makes it the 18th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Katani Kalan village has 1,571 males and 1,445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katani Kalan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Katani Kalan is 141113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katani Kalan covers 543 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katani Kalan falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katani Kalan is Lal kalan, about 2.7 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 village for Katani Kalan.

Katani Kalan is about 23 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katani Kalan is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Lal kalan is about 2.7 km away. Dorāha is about 7.4 km away. Ludhiana East is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katani Khurd (under 2 km), Chhandaran (1.7 km) and Kot Gangurai (2.2 km).

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

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