About Kotla Kalan Village

Kotla Kalan is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 343 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	318.01 hectares
Population	646
Male Population	343
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotla Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kotla Kalan is the 45th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 318.01 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Kotla Kalan

Kotla Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotla Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotla Kalan from other places

Kotla Kalan lies about 53 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 3.3 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	14 km
Nearest town	Ropar	20 km
District headquarters	Solan	53 km

Villages closest to Kotla Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla Kalan village had a population of 646. That makes it the 45th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Kotla Kalan village has 343 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla Kalan has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Kotla Kalan is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla Kalan covers 318.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla Kalan falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla Kalan is Bharatgarh, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kotla Kalan.

Kotla Kalan is about 53 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla Kalan is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Bharatgarh is about 3.3 km away. Nalagarh is about 14 km away. Ropar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.