Katha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
By population, Katha ranks #68 of 165 villages in Sum mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katha is a village of 197 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Sum tehsil, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, the 68th-largest of 165 villages in Sum tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 35% and the sex ratio is 775 women per 1,000 men. It lies 140 km from the Jaisalmer district centre, 66 km from Jaisalmer railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 345034, served by Khoohri post office; the LGD village code is 86178. The village votes in Jaisalmer assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chhotu Singh. The population is estimated at 232 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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