About Kotwa Village

Kotwa is one of the larger villages in Kotwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,986, made up of 4,217 males and 3,769 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 879.8 hectares hectares.

Kotwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kotwa
Area (hectares)	879.8 hectares
Population	7,986
Male Population	4,217
Female Population	3,769
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotwa compares

By the 2011 count Kotwa is the 6th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents. Its 879.8 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Kotwa

Kotwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotwa from other places

Kotwa lies about 14 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 7.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kotwa
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	7.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	14 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	15 km

Villages closest to Kotwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotwa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kotwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwa village had a population of 7,986. That makes it the 6th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents.

Kotwa village has 4,217 males and 3,769 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwa has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Kotwa covers 879.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kotwa falls under Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kotwa is Jiwdhara, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kotwa.

Kotwa is about 14 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwa is in Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about 7.3 km away. Purba Champaran is about 14 km away. Mothīhāri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.