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About Kataka Village

Kataka is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,703, made up of 904 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.74 hectares hectares.

Kataka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kataka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 344.74 hectares
Population 1,703
Male Population 904
Female Population 799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kataka compares

By the 2011 count Kataka is the 196th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 344.74 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 912.

Getting to Kataka

Kataka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kataka as Available within 5 - 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kataka from other places

Kataka lies about 20 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, about 11 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 Kataka
Nearest railway station Kasturi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 13 km
District headquarters Gonda 20 km

Villages closest to Kataka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kataka village had a population of 1,703. That makes it the 196th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Kataka village has 904 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kataka has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Kataka covers 344.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kataka falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kataka is Kasturi, about 11 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kataka.

Kataka is about 20 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kataka is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Kasturi is about 11 km away. Colonelganj is about 13 km away. Gonda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagata Pur (under 2 km), Pratappur (under 2 km) and Paraspur (under 2 km).

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

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