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About Katariya Village

Katariya is a mid sized village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 531 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.21 hectares hectares.

Katariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katariya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 32.21 hectares
Population 1,005
Male Population 531
Female Population 474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katariya compares

By the 2011 count Katariya is the 232nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 32.21 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Katariya

Katariya 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 Katariya as Available. 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 Katariya from other places

Katariya lies about 62 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Loharpurwa, about 2.2 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 Katariya
Nearest railway station Loharpurwa 2.2 km
Nearest town Mehndāwal 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 28 km
District headquarters Basti 62 km

Villages closest to Katariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katariya village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Katariya village has 531 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katariya has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Katariya covers 32.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katariya falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katariya is Loharpurwa, about 2.2 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katariya.

Katariya is about 62 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katariya is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Loharpurwa is about 2.2 km away. Mehndāwal is about 17 km away. Harraiya is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katya (under 2 km), Gobarahiya (under 2 km) and Shivrajpur (1.9 km).

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

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