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About Katai Village

Katai is a mid sized village in Debra tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 280 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Debra
Pincode 721301
Area (hectares) 71 hectares
Population 526
Male Population 280
Female Population 246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Katai compares

By the 2011 count Katai is the 176th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Katai

Katai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katai 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kankra Shibram, Kantapal Pratap Chak, Kantha Gerya and Kanubar. 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 Katai

As per the Census of India 2011, Katai village had a population of 526. That makes it the 176th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Katai village has 280 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katai has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Katai is 721301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katai covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katai falls under Debra tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Katai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Katai.

Katai is in Debra tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Katai today is likely to be higher.

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