About Katal Village

Katal is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 78 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246127
Area (hectares)	142.64 hectares
Population	157
Male Population	78
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katal compares

By the 2011 count Katal is the 132nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 142.64 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Katal

Katal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Katal from other places

Katal lies about 8.2 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 8.1 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 Katal
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	8.1 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	8.2 km

Villages closest to Katal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katal village had a population of 157. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Katal village has 78 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katal has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Katal is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katal covers 142.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katal falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Katal is Kotdwara, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katal.

Katal is about 8.2 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katal is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 8.0 km away. Kotdwara is about 8.1 km away. Garhwal is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.