About Kotkharra Village

Kotkharra is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,144, made up of 569 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotkharra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotkharra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode	495117
Area (hectares)	815.16 hectares
Population	1,144
Male Population	569
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotkharra compares

By the 2011 count Kotkharra is the 42nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 815.16 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, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kotkharra

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

How far is Kotkharra from other places

Kotkharra 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 Kotkharra
Nearest railway station	Akaltara	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra Road Gorella	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	30 km

Villages closest to Kotkharra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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 Kotkharra

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotkharra village had a population of 1,144. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Kotkharra village has 569 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotkharra has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Kotkharra is 495117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotkharra covers 815.16 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.

Kotkharra falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotkharra is Akaltara, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kotkharra.

Kotkharra 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.

Kotkharra is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Akaltara is about 3.9 km away. Pendra Road Gorella 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.