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About Katka Village

Katka is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 391 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.73 hectares hectares.

Katka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Area (hectares) 134.73 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 391
Female Population 335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katka compares

By the 2011 count Katka is the 235th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 134.73 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 831.

Getting to Katka

Katka is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katka as Available within <5 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 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 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
Tehsil headquarters Jalalabad 2.6 km
Nearest town Jalālābād 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Bahadurpur 28 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 Jalalabad 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 726. That makes it the 235th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Katka village has 391 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katka has about 857 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 831.

Katka covers 134.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katka falls under Jalalabad 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance 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 Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalalabad is about 2.6 km away. Jalālābād is about 2.6 km away. Bahadurpur 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 Bahadurpur (under 2 km), Dibiyapur (under 2 km) and Katkiya (under 2 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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