Kathura


Kathura is a large village in Sonipat district in Haryana state, India. It is located south east of Gohana on state highway 16-A connecting Gohana and Meham and from Sonepat. The Headquarter of Kathura Barah and Akhil Bhartiya Narwal Khap is here.
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Geography

Kathura is located at 29.086°N 76.582°E. Kathura has 26.70 km2 land area. It is the largest village of sonipat in area. It has an average elevation of 222 meters.

History

Before partition there are some Muslim also living happily and shared a great culture and brotherhood.
There also found evidence of Rajputana Times in a pond near Govt. Se. Sec. School.

Demographic

As a block it contains 17 villages which had population of 72,709. Males constitute 54.33% of the population and females 45.67%. Area of Kathura Block is 205.01 square km. Location code or village code of Kathura village is 059656. As per 2019 stats, Kathura village is also a gram panchayat. Gohana is nearest town to Kathura.
Villages in Kathura Block are as Follows:
1. Nizampur
2. Bhawar
3. Gharwal
4. Rindhana
5. Dhanana Aladadpur
6. Chhapra
7. Kahalpa
8. Bhanderi
9. Madina
10. Ahulana
11. Banwasa
12. Gudha
13. Thaska
14. Bhainswan Khurd
15. Mirzapur Kheri
16. Chhichhrana
17. Kathura

Population

There are 1787 families residing in Kathura village has population of 9639 of which 5190 are males while 4449 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Kathura village population of children with age 0-6 is 1180 which makes up 12.24% of total population of village. Schedule Caste constitutes 13.31% of total population in Kathura village. The village Kathura currently doesn't have any Schedule Tribe population.

Sex Ratio

Average Sex Ratio of Kathura village is 857 which is lower than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathura as per census is 772, lower than Haryana average of 834.

Literacy rate

Kathura village has higher literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathura village was 76.59% compared to 75.55% of Haryana. In Kathura Male literacy stands at 84.90% while female literacy rate was 67.04%.

Gotras

In Kathura village out of total population, 3422 were engaged in work activities. 73.50% of workers describe their work as Main Work while 26.50% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3422 workers engaged in Main Work, 1565 were cultivators while 203 were Agricultural laborers.

Religious places

Educational institutes in the village include.
Both Public and Private Bus service are available within the village with a time interval of 15 minutes.
Nearby villages are Chiri, Dhanana, Chhapra, Kahlpa, Bhanderi, Katwara, Khidwali, Sanghi, Chhichhrana, Mirjapur Kheri
Nearest towns are Gohana, Sonepat, Rohtak,Lakhan Majra, Meham India Capital - Delhi, State Capital - Chandigarh,
Nearest railway stations are Rukhi, Goahan, Lakahan Majra, Rohtak Junction, Sonepat Junction
Nearest airports are Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi, Chandigarh International Airport.