About Katka Village

Katka is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 743, made up of 338 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,198 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.28 hectares hectares.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	66.28 hectares
Population	743
Male Population	338
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,198
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 298th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 66.28 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Katka

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

Katka lies about 36 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Shahganj Junction, 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 Katka
Nearest railway station	Shahganj Junction	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	12 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	12 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	36 km

Villages closest to Katka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katka village had a population of 743. That makes it the 298th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Katka village has 338 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 1198 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Katka covers 66.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katka falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katka is Shahganj Junction, about 11 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 within village for Katka.

Katka is about 36 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katka is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Shahganj Junction is about 11 km away. Shahganj is about 12 km away. Shāhganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.