About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 103 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	161.98 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	103
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	786
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 107th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 161.98 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kotla

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

Kotla lies about 23 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Kotla
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	23 km
District headquarters	Chamba	23 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	53 km

Villages closest to Kotla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 184. That makes it the 107th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Kotla village has 103 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 161.98 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.

Kotla falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kotla.

Kotla is about 23 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 23 km away. Chamba is about 23 km away. Nurpur Road is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.