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About Kotendarha Village

Kotendarha is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 462 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotendarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotendarha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 337.61 hectares
Population 930
Male Population 462
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotendarha compares

By the 2011 count Kotendarha is the 56th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 337.61 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Kotendarha

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

Kotendarha lies about 95 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 68 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 Kotendarha
Nearest town Saraipali 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Basna 18 km
Nearest railway station Barpali 68 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 95 km

Villages closest to Kotendarha

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

Common questions about Kotendarha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotendarha village had a population of 930. That makes it the 56th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Kotendarha village has 462 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotendarha has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Kotendarha is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotendarha covers 337.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotendarha falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotendarha is Barpali, about 68 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 village for Kotendarha.

Kotendarha is about 95 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotendarha is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 7.8 km away. Basna is about 18 km away. Barpali is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhirralewa (1.8 km), Bichhiya (2.5 km) and Koliyaridih (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kotendarha today is likely to be higher.

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