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About Katnai Village

Katnai is a mid sized village in Raghunathganj I tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 385 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katnai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Raghunathganj I
Pincode 742227
Area (hectares) 226.84 hectares
Population 762
Male Population 385
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katnai compares

By the 2011 count Katnai is the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents. Its 226.84 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Katnai

The census records public bus service for Katnai as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jarur, Jethia, Kanchanpur and Kankaria. 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 Katnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Katnai village had a population of 762. That makes it the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents.

Katnai village has 385 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katnai has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Katnai is 742227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katnai covers 226.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katnai falls under Raghunathganj I tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Katnai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katnai.

Katnai is in Raghunathganj I tehsil of Murshidabad 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 Katnai today is likely to be higher.

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