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About Katal Village

Katal is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 10 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 23.33 hectares
Population 25
Male Population 10
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katal compares

By the 2011 count Katal is the 316th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 23.33 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, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Katal

Katal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Katal as Available within 10+ 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 Katal from other places

Katal lies about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 16 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 Rishīkesh 16 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 23 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 23 km

Villages closest to Katal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katal village had a population of 25. That makes it the 316th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Katal village has 10 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katal has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Katal is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katal covers 23.33 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 Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Katal is Rishikesh, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Katal.

Katal is about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katal is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 16 km away. Devprayag is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samdhar (4.3 km), Timli (4.4 km) and Bonga (6.1 km).

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

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