About Katunia Village

Katunia is a small village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 94 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katunia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katunia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mohammad Bazar
Pincode	731103
Area (hectares)	95.79 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	94
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katunia compares

By the 2011 count Katunia is the 121st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 95.79 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 974.

Getting to Katunia

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

How far is Katunia from other places

Katunia lies about 34 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kunuri, about 4.0 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 Katunia
Nearest railway station	Kunuri	4.0 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammad Bazar	34 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	34 km

Villages closest to Katunia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Katunia

As per the Census of India 2011, Katunia village had a population of 173. That makes it the 121st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Katunia village has 94 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katunia has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Katunia is 731103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katunia covers 95.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katunia falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Katunia is Kunuri, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katunia.

Katunia is about 34 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katunia is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Kunuri is about 4.0 km away. Sainthia is about 7.4 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.