About Katanur Village

Katanur is a mid sized village in Tiruchuli tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,941, made up of 1,007 males and 934 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 909.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Tiruchuli
Pincode	630610
Area (hectares)	909.88 hectares
Population	1,941
Male Population	1,007
Female Population	934
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katanur compares

By the 2011 count Katanur is the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 909.88 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Katanur

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

Katanur lies about 44 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Narikkudi, about 9.2 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 Katanur
Nearest railway station	Narikkudi	9.2 km
Nearest town	Manamadurai	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruchuli	21 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	44 km

Villages closest to Katanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katanur village had a population of 1,941. That makes it the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Katanur village has 1,007 males and 934 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katanur has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Katanur is 630610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katanur covers 909.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katanur falls under Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Katanur is Narikkudi, about 9.2 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 Katanur.

Katanur is about 44 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katanur is in Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Narikkudi is about 9.2 km away. Manamadurai is about 16 km away. Tiruchuli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.