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About Daya Katal Village

Daya Katal is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 17 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daya Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daya Katal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 51.61 hectares
Population 32
Male Population 17
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
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 Daya Katal compares

By the 2011 count Daya Katal is the 198th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 51.61 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Daya Katal

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

Daya Katal lies about 27 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, about 19 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 Daya Katal
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Raiwala Junction 19 km
Nearest town Haridwar 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 27 km

Villages closest to Daya Katal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daya Katal village had a population of 32. That makes it the 198th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Daya Katal village has 17 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daya Katal has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Daya Katal is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daya Katal covers 51.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Daya Katal falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Daya Katal is Raiwala Junction, about 19 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 Daya Katal.

Daya Katal is about 27 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daya Katal is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.2 km away. Raiwala Junction is about 19 km away. Haridwar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katal Pulani (under 2 km), Sildi Katal (under 2 km) and Bhawashi (under 2 km).

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

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