About Kotra Village

Kotra is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 529 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	480.54 hectares
Population	1,022
Male Population	529
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotra compares

By the 2011 count Kotra is the 49th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 480.54 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Kotra

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

Kotra lies about 49 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 38 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 Kotra
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	12 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	38 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	49 km

Villages closest to Kotra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotra village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 49th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Kotra village has 529 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotra has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Kotra is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotra covers 480.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotra falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotra is Rasmara, about 38 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 Kotra.

Kotra is about 49 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotra is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 12 km away. Khairāgarh is about 19 km away. Rasmara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.