Katra, Jammu and Kashmir
Katra | |
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Temple City[ UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
Vehicle registration | JK |
Literacy | 75% |
Katra is a city and Tehsil in the
Geography
Katra is located at 32°59′N 74°57′E / 32.98°N 74.95°E.[4] It has an average elevation of 875 metres (2,474 feet). The Banganga River passes through the village.
There have also been reports of possible oil reserves in the area[5]
Climate
Climate data for Katra (1981–2010, extremes 1980–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
39.3 (102.7) |
43.7 (110.7) |
46.2 (115.2) |
39.7 (103.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
46.2 (115.2) |
Mean maximum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
35.2 (95.4) |
39.2 (102.6) |
40.2 (104.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
40.8 (105.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
21.0 (69.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
15.2 (59.3) |
Mean minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 110.3 (4.34) |
131.2 (5.17) |
141.7 (5.58) |
75.0 (2.95) |
61.3 (2.41) |
137.2 (5.40) |
589.6 (23.21) |
635.1 (25.00) |
199.6 (7.86) |
35.2 (1.39) |
23.4 (0.92) |
58.7 (2.31) |
2,198.3 (86.55) |
Average rainy days | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 82.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
69 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 35 | 45 | 75 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 61 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[6] |
Demographics
As of
Languages
As per the 2011 census, the majority, 78.2% of the population spoke Dogri, followed by 10.6% Hindi, 2.5% Punjabi, 2.2% Assamese, and 1.4% Kashmiri speakers.[8]
Tourism
Katra serves as the base camp for pilgrims who visit
Transport
Road
Katra is well-connected by roads with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India. The NH 144 passes through Katra. Presently, it takes around 12 hours to travel from New Delhi to Katra. The planned Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway will shorten the duration to 7 hours.[10]
Rail
The
Air
The nearest airport to Katra is Jammu Airport located at a distance of 50 kilometres. There are numerous helipads in and around Katra which have service to the Vaishno Devi Temple.
University
Katra is the land of India's renowned University Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, which is Public University and this University is on the name Maa Vaishno Devi. It is a popular University which run different types of courses like Engineering in various disciplines, courses in subjects like Economics, Biotechnology etc.
References
- ^ a b "Census of India: Katra". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Katra, India". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ Naqvi, Jawed (23 February 2008). "Joint search for oil in Kashmir". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Station: Katra Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 401–402. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Katra Population". Census India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Town level". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Delhi to Vaishno Devi in less than 7 hours: Delhi-Katra express road corridor to be completed by 2023". Times Now. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Modi flags off inaugural train from Katra". The Hindu. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.