About Kottara Village

Kottara is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 741 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	494670
Area (hectares)	688.45 hectares
Population	1,496
Male Population	741
Female Population	755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kottara compares

By the 2011 count Kottara is the 17th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 688.45 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kottara

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

Kottara lies about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 27 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 Kottara
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	12 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	18 km
Nearest town	Kānker	20 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	27 km

Villages closest to Kottara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottara village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 17th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Kottara village has 741 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottara has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Kottara is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottara covers 688.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottara falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kottara is Gudum, about 27 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 Kottara.

Kottara is about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottara is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 12 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 18 km away. Kānker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.