About Katya Village

Katya is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 578 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,149 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.35 hectares hectares.

Katya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Area (hectares)	70.35 hectares
Population	1,242
Male Population	578
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,149
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katya compares

By the 2011 count Katya is the 93rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 70.35 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Katya

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

Katya lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihapar Halt, 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 Katya
Nearest railway station	Sihapar Halt	12 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	19 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	22 km

Villages closest to Katya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katya village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Katya village has 578 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katya has about 1149 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Katya covers 70.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katya falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katya is Sihapar Halt, 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 and private bus service as Available for Katya.

Katya is about 22 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katya is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sihapar Halt is about 12 km away. Khalīlābād is about 18 km away. Bansgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.