Katni district


Katni district is one of the 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Katni is the district headquarters. The district is part of Jabalpur Division. The district occupies an area of 4949.59 km².

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Katni one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Katni District has a population of 1,292,042, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 379th in India.
The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.38%. Katni has a sex ratio of 948 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 73.62%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.04% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 1.56% Sindhi as their first language.