About Katana Village

Katana is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 358 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141418
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	658
Male Population	358
Female Population	300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katana compares

By the 2011 count Katana is the 94th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 Katana

Katana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katana from other places

Katana lies about 22 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 3.0 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 Katana
Nearest railway station	Lal kalan	3.0 km
Nearest town	Dorāha	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	12 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	22 km

Villages closest to Katana

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 Katana

As per the Census of India 2011, Katana village had a population of 658. That makes it the 94th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Katana village has 358 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katana has about 838 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 Katana is 141418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katana covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katana falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katana is Lal kalan, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katana.

Katana is about 22 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katana is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Lal kalan is about 3.0 km away. Dorāha is about 5.7 km away. Payal is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.