About Kotnapani Village

Kotnapani is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 286 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotnapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotnapani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	558.05 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	286
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotnapani compares

By the 2011 count Kotnapani is the 111th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 558.05 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Kotnapani

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

Kotnapani lies about 40 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 5.2 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 Kotnapani
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	11 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	40 km

Villages closest to Kotnapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotnapani village had a population of 595. That makes it the 111th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Kotnapani village has 286 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotnapani has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kotnapani is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotnapani covers 558.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotnapani falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotnapani is Paniajob, about 5.2 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 Kotnapani.

Kotnapani is about 40 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotnapani is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 5.2 km away. Dongargarh is about 11 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.