About Kotahan Village

Kotahan is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 113 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,212 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176095, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176095
Area (hectares)	98.35 hectares
Population	250
Male Population	113
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,212
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotahan compares

By the 2011 count Kotahan is the 88th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 98.35 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Kotahan

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

Kotahan lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 2.3 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 Kotahan
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km

Villages closest to Kotahan

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 Kotahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotahan village had a population of 250. That makes it the 88th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Kotahan village has 113 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotahan has about 1212 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Kotahan is 176095. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotahan covers 98.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kotahan is Panchrukhi, about 2.3 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 Kotahan.

Kotahan 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.

Kotahan is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 2.3 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 19 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.