About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 29 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, 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	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	78.01 hectares
Population	60
Male Population	29
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
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 341st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 78.01 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 10 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	Balle Da Pir Larth	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	15 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nurpur 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 60. That makes it the 341st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Kotla village has 29 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 78.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotla falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 10 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 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 10 km away. Nurpur is about 15 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.