About Katahri Village

Katahri is a large village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,460, made up of 1,375 males and 1,085 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katahri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katahri village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141419
Area (hectares)	584 hectares
Population	2,460
Male Population	1,375
Female Population	1,085
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katahri compares

By the 2011 count Katahri is the 18th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 584 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 912.

Getting to Katahri

Katahri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katahri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katahri from other places

Katahri lies about 21 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 11 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 Katahri
Nearest town	Dorāha	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sanehwal	11 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	21 km

Villages closest to Katahri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katahri village had a population of 2,460. That makes it the 18th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Katahri village has 1,375 males and 1,085 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katahri has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Katahri is 141419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katahri covers 584 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katahri falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katahri is Sanehwal, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Katahri.

Katahri is about 21 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katahri is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Dorāha is about 10 km away. Payal is about 11 km away. Sanehwal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.