About Katka Village

Katka is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 302 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.55 hectares hectares.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Meja
Area (hectares)	48.55 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	302
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 48.55 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Katka

Katka 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 Katka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katka from other places

Katka lies about 30 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bheerpur, about 5.3 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 Katka
Nearest railway station	Bheerpur	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meja	13 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	30 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	30 km

Villages closest to Katka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katka village had a population of 587. That makes it the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Katka village has 302 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Katka covers 48.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katka falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katka is Bheerpur, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Katka.

Katka is about 30 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katka is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Bheerpur is about 5.3 km away. Meja is about 13 km away. Allahabad is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.