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About Katsahra Village

Katsahra is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,358, made up of 2,251 males and 2,107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.99 hectares hectares.

Katsahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katsahra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 108.99 hectares
Population 4,358
Male Population 2,251
Female Population 2,107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
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 Katsahra compares

By the 2011 count Katsahra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 108.99 hectares work out to about 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Katsahra

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

Katsahra lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 7.9 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 Katsahra
Nearest railway station Maghar 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 10 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 12 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Katsahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katsahra village had a population of 4,358. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Katsahra village has 2,251 males and 2,107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katsahra has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Katsahra covers 108.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Katsahra falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katsahra is Maghar, about 7.9 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 Katsahra.

Katsahra is about 25 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katsahra is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 7.9 km away. Sahjanwa is about 10 km away. Khalīlābād is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siruapar (under 2 km), Chandpar (under 2 km) and Ganauri (under 2 km).

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

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