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About Kathua Village

Kathua is a large village in Saifai tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,518, made up of 1,906 males and 1,612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 852.06 hectares hectares.

Kathua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathua village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etawah
Tehsil Saifai
Area (hectares) 852.06 hectares
Population 3,518
Male Population 1,906
Female Population 1,612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kathua compares

By the 2011 count Kathua is the 5th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,611 residents. Its 852.06 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Kathua

Kathua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kathua as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kathua from other places

Kathua lies about 23 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Saifai, about 12 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 Kathua
Nearest railway station Saifai 12 km
Nearest town Karhal 13 km
District headquarters Etawah 23 km

Villages closest to Kathua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathua village had a population of 3,518. That makes it the 5th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,611 residents.

Kathua village has 1,906 males and 1,612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathua has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Kathua covers 852.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kathua falls under Saifai tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kathua is Saifai, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kathua.

Kathua is about 23 km from Etawah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathua is in Saifai tehsil of Etawah district. Saifai is about 12 km away. Karhal is about 13 km away. Etawah is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagariya Kookpur (3.5 km), Parasana (3.7 km) and Madhaiyapur (4.0 km).

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

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