About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 147 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,279 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176040, 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	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176040
Area (hectares)	74.7 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	147
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,279
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 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 74.7 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

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 52 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 3.4 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
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	3.4 km
Nearest town	Nangal	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	29 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	52 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal 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 335. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Kotla village has 147 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 1279 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 176040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 74.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Kiratpur Sahib, about 3.4 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 52 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 3.4 km away. Nangal is about 25 km away. Dhatwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.