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About Katka Village

Katka is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,181, made up of 629 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Pincode 209311
Area (hectares) 208.74 hectares
Population 1,181
Male Population 629
Female Population 552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 145th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 208.74 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Katka

The census records public bus service for Katka as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 16 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 5.9 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 Katka
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 5.9 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 32 km

Villages closest to Katka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katka village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 145th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Katka village has 629 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

The pincode recorded for Katka is 209311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katka covers 208.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katka falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katka is Jhinjhak, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katka.

Katka is about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katka is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Jhīnjhak is about 5.3 km away. Jhinjhak is about 5.9 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tipu (under 2 km), Parsauli (3.4 km) and Manda (4.1 km).

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

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