About Jiya Katal Village

Jiya Katal is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 22 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,636 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jiya Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiya Katal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	41.95 hectares
Population	58
Male Population	22
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,636
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 Jiya Katal compares

By the 2011 count Jiya Katal is the 168th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 41.95 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1206.

Getting to Jiya Katal

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

Jiya Katal lies about 24 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 22 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 Jiya Katal
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	22 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	24 km

Villages closest to Jiya 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.

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Common questions about Jiya Katal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiya Katal village had a population of 58. That makes it the 168th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Jiya Katal village has 22 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiya Katal has about 1636 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Jiya Katal covers 41.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jiya Katal is Virbhadra, about 22 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 Jiya Katal.

Jiya Katal is about 24 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jiya Katal is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 4.0 km away. Virbhadra is about 22 km away. Rishīkesh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.