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About Katora Village

Katora is a mid sized village in Patrasayer tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,457, made up of 771 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katora village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Patrasayer
Pincode 722206
Area (hectares) 271.88 hectares
Population 1,457
Male Population 771
Female Population 686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katora compares

By the 2011 count Katora is the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 271.88 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Katora

Katora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanta Dighi, Kanthal Ghata, Kantor Bankati and Karajbani. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Katora

As per the Census of India 2011, Katora village had a population of 1,457. That makes it the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Katora village has 771 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katora has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Katora is 722206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katora covers 271.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katora falls under Patrasayer tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Katora notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katora.

Katora is in Patrasayer tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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