About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Jhanduta tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 190 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Jhanduta
Pincode	174017
Area (hectares)	152.51 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	190
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 76th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 152.51 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Kot

Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available within village. 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 Kot from other places

Kot lies about 30 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Akaltara, about 3.9 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 Kot
Nearest railway station	Akaltara	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhanduta	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	30 km

Villages closest to Kot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 381. That makes it the 76th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Kot village has 190 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 174017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 152.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Akaltara, about 3.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kot.

Kot is about 30 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district. Akaltara is about 3.9 km away. Jhanduta is about 30 km away. Bilaspur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.