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About Kathra Village

Kathra is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,542, made up of 814 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.91 hectares hectares.

Kathra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 337.91 hectares
Population 1,542
Male Population 814
Female Population 728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kathra compares

By the 2011 count Kathra is the 60th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 337.91 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Kathra

Kathra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kathra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kathra from other places

Kathra lies about 33 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 2.6 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 Kathra
Nearest railway station Chaunrah 2.6 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 28 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 33 km

Villages closest to Kathra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathra village had a population of 1,542. That makes it the 60th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Kathra village has 814 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathra has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Kathra covers 337.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kathra falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kathra is Chaunrah, about 2.6 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kathra.

Kathra is about 33 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathra is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Chaunrah is about 2.6 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 6.7 km away. Sikandra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahabapur (11 km), Khoja Rampur Bangar (13 km) and Jalalpur Derapur (13 km).

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

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