About Katron Village

Katron is a large village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,183, made up of 2,197 males and 1,986 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katron Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katron village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Dhuri
Pincode	148024
Area (hectares)	1108 hectares
Population	4,183
Male Population	2,197
Female Population	1,986
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katron compares

By the 2011 count Katron is the 10th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 1108 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 886.

Getting to Katron

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

Katron lies about 24 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Alal, about 8.1 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 Katron
Nearest railway station	Alal	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuri	14 km
Nearest town	Dhūri	14 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	24 km

Villages closest to Katron

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katron village had a population of 4,183. That makes it the 10th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Katron village has 2,197 males and 1,986 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katron has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Katron is 148024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katron covers 1108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katron falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Katron is Alal, about 8.1 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 Katron.

Katron is about 24 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katron is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Alal is about 8.1 km away. Dhuri is about 14 km away. Dhūri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.