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About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 38 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 526 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, 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 Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 58
Male Population 38
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 526
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 181st largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Kotla

Kotla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kotla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 18 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jabli, about 8.3 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 Kotla
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Jabli 8.3 km
Nearest town Kālka 10 km
District headquarters Solan 18 km

Villages closest to Kotla

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

Common questions about Kotla

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 58. That makes it the 181st largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Kotla village has 38 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 526 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotla falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Jabli, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Kotla.

Kotla is about 18 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 5.2 km away. Jabli is about 8.3 km away. Kālka is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathru Manjhla (under 2 km), Pathru Nichla (under 2 km) and Pathru Uparla (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kotla today is likely to be higher.

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