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About Kathud Village

Kathud is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 21 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kathud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kathud village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246128
Area (hectares) 87.09 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 21
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,714
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 Kathud compares

By the 2011 count Kathud is the 226th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 87.09 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kathud

Kathud is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kathud 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 Kathud from other places

Kathud lies about 35 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Kathud
District headquarters Garhwal 35 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 43 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 43 km

Villages closest to Kathud

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.

Common questions about Kathud

As per the Census of India 2011, Kathud village had a population of 57. That makes it the 226th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kathud village has 21 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kathud has about 1714 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kathud is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kathud covers 87.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kathud falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kathud is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Kathud.

Kathud is about 35 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kathud is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 35 km away. Kotdwara is about 43 km away. Kotdwāra is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhangal (2.6 km), Sona Nadi Range (P-1) (6.6 km) and Sona Nadi Range (P-2) (6.6 km).

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

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