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About Katabari Village

Katabari is a small village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 89 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katabari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Itahar
Pincode 733128
Area (hectares) 71.84 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 89
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,169
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 Katabari compares

By the 2011 count Katabari is the 202nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 71.84 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Katabari

Katabari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katabari 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 Katabari from other places

Katabari lies about 45 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.0 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 Katabari
Nearest railway station Kamalpur Halt 7.0 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Itahar 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 45 km

Villages closest to Katabari

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

Common questions about Katabari

As per the Census of India 2011, Katabari village had a population of 193. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Katabari village has 89 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katabari has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Katabari is 733128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katabari covers 71.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katabari falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Katabari is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.0 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 Katabari.

Katabari is about 45 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katabari is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kamalpur Halt is about 7.0 km away. Rāiganj is about 24 km away. Itahar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandanpur (under 2 km), Ranipur (3.0 km) and Bairgachhi (3.9 km).

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

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