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About Katha Babu Village

Katha Babu is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 99 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.65 hectares hectares.

Katha Babu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katha Babu village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 98.65 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 99
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
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 Katha Babu compares

By the 2011 count Katha Babu is the 551st largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 98.65 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Katha Babu

Katha Babu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katha Babu 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 Katha Babu from other places

Katha Babu lies about 48 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Munderwa, about 27 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 Katha Babu
Nearest railway station Munderwa 27 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 32 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 48 km

Villages closest to Katha Babu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni 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 Katha Babu

As per the Census of India 2011, Katha Babu village had a population of 190. That makes it the 551st largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Katha Babu village has 99 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katha Babu has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Katha Babu covers 98.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katha Babu falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katha Babu is Munderwa, about 27 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 Katha Babu.

Katha Babu is about 48 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katha Babu is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Munderwa is about 27 km away. Khalīlābād is about 28 km away. Khajni is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kathaichee (under 2 km), Bareebandari (5.7 km) and Herpur (7.3 km).

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

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