About Katkhan Village

Katkhan is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 77 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkhan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	34.37 hectares
Population	152
Male Population	77
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
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 Katkhan compares

By the 2011 count Katkhan is the 81st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 34.37 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Katkhan

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

Katkhan lies about 17 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 44 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 Katkhan
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	17 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	17 km
Nearest town	Tehri	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Katkhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkhan village had a population of 152. That makes it the 81st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Katkhan village has 77 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkhan has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Katkhan is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkhan covers 34.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katkhan falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Katkhan is Dehradun, about 44 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 Katkhan.

Katkhan is about 17 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkhan is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 17 km away. Uttarkashi is about 17 km away. Tehri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.