3 UP districts hit 100% farmer registry target, lead digital agriculture push
Reported by The Times of India.
Katariya observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Katariya ranks #245 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katariya is a village of 1,005 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 245th-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272128, served by Bishesharganj post office; the LGD village code is 180137. The sarpanch is NEETU SINGH , and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 1,185 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Katriya →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Looking for a different Katariya? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Katariya →
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.
Centred on Harraiya mandal
Reported by The Times of India.
Reported by ChiniMandi.
Reported by The Times of India.
No people on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first peopleNo jobs on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first jobRecent reporting about this district and state, from the press. Headlines link to the publisher.
No photos on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first photoAnswers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.