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About Katera Rural Village

Katera Rural is one of the larger villages in Mauranipur tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,920, made up of 3,688 males and 3,232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3501.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katera Rural Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katera Rural village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Mauranipur
Pincode 284204
Area (hectares) 3501.59 hectares
Population 6,920
Male Population 3,688
Female Population 3,232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katera Rural compares

By the 2011 count Katera Rural is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,048 residents. Its 3501.59 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Katera Rural

Katera Rural is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katera Rural as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katera Rural from other places

Katera Rural lies about 42 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Teharka, about 6.0 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 Katera Rural
Nearest railway station Teharka 6.0 km
Nearest town Nivāri 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Mauranipur 21 km
District headquarters Jhansi 42 km

Villages closest to Katera Rural

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mauranipur 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 Katera Rural

As per the Census of India 2011, Katera Rural village had a population of 6,920. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,048 residents.

Katera Rural village has 3,688 males and 3,232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katera Rural has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Katera Rural is 284204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katera Rural covers 3501.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katera Rural falls under Mauranipur tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katera Rural is Teharka, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Katera Rural.

Katera Rural is about 42 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katera Rural is in Mauranipur tehsil of Jhansi district. Teharka is about 6.0 km away. Nivāri is about 17 km away. Mauranipur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laron (2.3 km), Hanspura (3.6 km) and Kagar (4.5 km).

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

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