About Kotgaon Village

Kotgaon is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 275 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	491444
Area (hectares)	380.08 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	275
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kotgaon is the 65th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 380.08 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kotgaon

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

Kotgaon lies about 5.3 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 20 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 Kotgaon
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	24 km
Nearest town	Kānker	24 km

Villages closest to Kotgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotgaon village had a population of 542. That makes it the 65th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Kotgaon village has 275 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotgaon has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kotgaon is 491444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotgaon covers 380.08 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.

Kotgaon falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotgaon is Keoti, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Kotgaon.

Kotgaon is about 5.3 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.

Kotgaon is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 5.3 km away. Keoti is about 20 km away. Kanker is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.