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Madhya Pradesh districts

Madhya Pradesh

Katni

12,92,042
people at the 2011 Census · 6.62 L male, 6.30 L female

Population

Population
12.92 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
20.40%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
71.98%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
81.92%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
61.56%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
20.36 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
952 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
939 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
14.97%India 13.59%
SC %
12.05%India 16.63%
ST %
24.59%India 8.63%
Household
4.46India 4.85

Work

Workers
42.09%India 39.80%
Female Work
31.02%India 25.52%
Main Workers
58.13%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
57.91%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Katni in context

With 12,92,042 people at the 2011 Census, Katni was the 379th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 30th most populous of Madhya Pradesh's 50. That is 1.8% of everyone living in Madhya Pradesh at the time.

Literacy stood at 71.98%, 1.0 points below the national 72.98% — 2.7 points above the Madhya Pradesh average. That ranked it 326th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 20.4 points, 4.1 points above the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 952 women per 1,000 men (21 above the Madhya Pradesh figure of 931). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 939, 21 above the national 918.

Katni contained 4 towns. The largest was Murwara (Katni) (M Corp.), with 2,21,883 people. That put 20.4% of the district in urban areas, 7.2 points below the Madhya Pradesh share of 27.6%.

Towns in Katni

Katni has 4 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Katni by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Murwara (Katni) (M Corp.)2.22 L85.91%924 / 1000
Kymore (NP)19,34383.64%951 / 1000
Barhi (NP)13,94678.07%934 / 1000
Vijayraghavgarh (NP)8,37181.51%923 / 1000