Katni (also known as Murwara (Katni) or Mudwara) is a town on the banks of the Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Katni District. It is in the Mahakoshal region of central India. The city is 90 km (56 mi) from the divisional headquarters of the region, Jabalpur.
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 (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Katni District has a population of 1,291,684, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 379th in India (out of a total of 640).
The district has a population density of 261 inhabitants per square kilometre (680/sq mi). 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%.
Katni Junction (Station Code: KTE) is a major rail junction in Katni, India. Rail links from the junction travel in five directions — Bina, Jabalpur, Satna, Bilaspur, Singrauli. Rail links from the junction travel to New Delhi, Mumbai, Vadodara, Howrah, Chennai, Bangalore, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Agra, Gorakhpur, Patna, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Ambala, Bhatinda, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Nagpur, Pune , Jammu, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Hubli, Madurai, Vasco, Rameshvaram, Kanyakumari, Ernakulam and other Indian cities. Approximately 342 passenger trains and more than 300 goods train passes the junction every day. Katni junction is the largest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh in terms of area.Katni is one of the busiest railway junction in India.
To reduce the junction's load the new Katni Murwara Junction & Katni South has been opened to carry trains from Bina and Jabalpur respectively.
Junction
Railway lines from five directions connect at the Katni Railway Station:
From the east (Renukut, Mugal Sarai, Howrah, Kolkata)
Katni-Singrauli-Howrah Line via Singrauli that goes to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand
Katni-Bilaspur Line that goes further to Chhattisgarh, Odisha
From the north (Delhi, Kanpur)
Katni-Allahabad Line that goes to Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
From the west (Mumbai, Ahmedabad)
Katni-Itarsi Line that goes west, south, southwest
Katni-Bina Line that goes to Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Important trains passing from junction
1.Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express
2.Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
3. Durg - Hazrat Nizamuddin Humsafar Express
4.Bandra Patna Humsafar express
5.Mahamana Express
6.Mahanagari Express
7.Kalinga Utkal Express
8.Shalimar Bhuj express
9.Kamayani Express
10.Shipra Express
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katni
