About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 198 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 707 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, 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	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	198
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	707
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 73rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

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 50 km from Shimla. 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	Rampur	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rampur 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 338. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Kotla village has 198 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 707 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kotla notes the nearest railway station 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 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.