About Kotlu Village

Kotlu is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 173 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176073, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotlu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotlu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176073
Area (hectares)	74.11 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	173
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotlu compares

By the 2011 count Kotlu is the 53rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 74.11 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Kotlu

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

Kotlu lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 17 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 Kotlu
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	38 km

Villages closest to Kotlu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotlu village had a population of 368. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Kotlu village has 173 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotlu has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Kotlu is 176073. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotlu covers 74.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotlu falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotlu is Panchrukhi, about 17 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 Kotlu.

Kotlu is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotlu is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 9.7 km away. Panchrukhi is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.