About Katya Village

Katya is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 251 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.13 hectares hectares.

Katya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	89.13 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	251
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
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 Katya compares

By the 2011 count Katya is the 391st largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 89.13 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Katya

Katya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katya 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sihapar Halt	12 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	18 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 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.

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Common questions about Katya

As per the Census of India 2011, Katya village had a population of 484. That makes it the 391st largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Katya village has 251 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katya has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Katya covers 89.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katya falls under Khajni 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance 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 Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 6.1 km away. Sihapar Halt is about 12 km away. Khalīlābād is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.