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About Katkar Village

Katkar is a mid sized village in Bayana tehsil, in the district of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 360 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkar village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bharatpur
Tehsil Bayana
Pincode 321411
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 600
Male Population 360
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katkar compares

By the 2011 count Katkar is the 137th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 827.

Getting to Katkar

The census records public bus service for Katkar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katkar from other places

Katkar lies about 49 km from Bharatpur, and the nearest railway station is Dumariya, about 3.1 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 Katkar
Nearest railway station Dumariya 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Bayana 10 km
Nearest town Bayāna 10 km
District headquarters Bharatpur 49 km

Villages closest to Katkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkar village had a population of 600. That makes it the 137th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Katkar village has 360 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkar has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 827.

The pincode recorded for Katkar is 321411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkar covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katkar falls under Bayana tehsil of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Katkar is Dumariya, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Katkar is about 49 km from Bharatpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkar is in Bayana tehsil of Bharatpur district. Dumariya is about 3.1 km away. Bayana is about 10 km away. Bayāna is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahrawar (under 2 km), Arauda (1.9 km) and Peeloopura (1.9 km).

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

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