About Kotpad Village

Kotpad is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 341 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotpad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotpad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	501.74 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	341
Female Population	352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotpad compares

By the 2011 count Kotpad is the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 501.74 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kotpad

Kotpad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotpad as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kotpad from other places

Kotpad lies about 82 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 48 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 Kotpad
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	17 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	27 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	48 km
District headquarters	Bastar	82 km

Villages closest to Kotpad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Farasgaon 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 Kotpad

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotpad village had a population of 693. That makes it the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kotpad village has 341 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotpad has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Kotpad is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotpad covers 501.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotpad falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotpad is Antagarh, about 48 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotpad.

Kotpad is about 82 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotpad is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 17 km away. Nārāinpur is about 27 km away. Antagarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.