About Katheri Village

Katheri is a large village in Tirupathur tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,569, made up of 1,328 males and 1,241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635852, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katheri village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Tirupathur
Pincode	635852
Area (hectares)	432.14 hectares
Population	2,569
Male Population	1,328
Female Population	1,241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6 km distance

How Katheri compares

By the 2011 count Katheri is the 61st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,666 residents. Its 432.14 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Katheri

Katheri 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 Katheri 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 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katheri from other places

Katheri lies about 29 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Marudalam, about 1.6 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 Katheri
Nearest railway station	Marudalam	1.6 km
Nearest town	Walajapet	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirupathur	29 km
District headquarters	Vellore	29 km

Villages closest to Katheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katheri village had a population of 2,569. That makes it the 61st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,666 residents.

Katheri village has 1,328 males and 1,241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katheri has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Katheri is 635852. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katheri covers 432.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katheri falls under Tirupathur tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Katheri is Marudalam, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

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

Katheri is about 29 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katheri is in Tirupathur tehsil of Vellore district. Marudalam is about 1.6 km away. Walajapet is about 7.1 km away. Tirupathur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.