By population, Katra ranks #53 of 191 villages in Dhimarkheda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katra is a village of 930 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Dhimarkheda tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 53rd-largest of 191 villages in Dhimarkheda tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Katni district centre, 10 km from Ratangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483332, served by Umaria Pan post office; the LGD village code is 488874. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Mahesh Prasad Yadav, and the village votes in Bahoriband assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 1,096 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katra · this village | 930 | 44% | — |
| Kudra · Dhimarkheda | 878 | 46% | 0 km N |
| Kudri · Dhimarkheda | 572 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Suntra · Dhimarkheda | 476 | 44% | 0 km N |
| Khamhariya · Kundam | 616 | 50% | 2 km N |
| Khamhariya · Dhimarkheda | 1,362 | 63% | 2.1 km N |
| Khamhariya · Dhimarkheda | 3,527 | 51% | 2.1 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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