About Katapalan Village

Katapalan is a small village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 85 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katapalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katapalan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Dubrajpur
Pincode	731216
Area (hectares)	104.08 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	85
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katapalan compares

By the 2011 count Katapalan is the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 104.08 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 951.

Getting to Katapalan

Katapalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katapalan as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katapalan from other places

Katapalan lies about 63 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Dubrajpur, about 8.6 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 Katapalan
Nearest railway station	Dubrajpur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	9.3 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	63 km

Villages closest to Katapalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katapalan village had a population of 154. That makes it the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Katapalan village has 85 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katapalan has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Katapalan is 731216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katapalan covers 104.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katapalan falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Katapalan is Dubrajpur, about 8.6 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 - 10 km distance for Katapalan.

Katapalan is about 63 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katapalan is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Dubrajpur is about 8.6 km away. Dubrājpur is about 9.3 km away. Birbhum is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.