About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 185 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 719 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173030, 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	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173030
Area (hectares)	56.62 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	185
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	719
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 51st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 56.62 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 941.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 21 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 34 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	8.7 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	8.7 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	34 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 318. That makes it the 51st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Kotla village has 185 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 719 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 173030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 56.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Barog, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kotla.

Kotla is about 21 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 8.7 km away. Nāhan is about 8.7 km away. Sirmaur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.