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About Katteri Village

Katteri is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 734 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katteri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katteri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Vandavasi
Pincode 604406
Area (hectares) 291.94 hectares
Population 1,516
Male Population 734
Female Population 782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 13 km distance

How Katteri compares

By the 2011 count Katteri is the 65th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 291.94 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Katteri

Katteri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katteri 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 13 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katteri from other places

Katteri lies about 58 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 14 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 Katteri
Nearest railway station Panchalam 14 km
Nearest town Tindivanam 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Vandavasi 17 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 58 km

Villages closest to Katteri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katteri village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 65th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Katteri village has 734 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katteri has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Katteri is 604406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katteri covers 291.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katteri falls under Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Katteri is Panchalam, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 13 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Katteri.

Katteri is about 58 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katteri is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Panchalam is about 14 km away. Tindivanam is about 15 km away. Vandavasi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palaveri (under 2 km), Irumbili (2.3 km) and Kodiyalam (4.0 km).

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

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