About Katka Village

Katka is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 306 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.08 hectares hectares.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	142.08 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	306
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	771
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 415th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 142.08 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Katka

Katka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Katka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katka from other places

Katka lies about 31 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bahadurpur, about 28 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	Jalālābād	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bahadurpur	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	31 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	31 km

Villages closest to Katka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Powayan 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 542. That makes it the 415th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Katka village has 306 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Katka covers 142.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katka falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Katka is Bahadurpur, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Katka is about 31 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katka is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalālābād is about 2.6 km away. Bahadurpur is about 28 km away. Powayan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.