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About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 78 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, 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 Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177210
Area (hectares) 117.99 hectares
Population 138
Male Population 78
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 769
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 191st largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 117.99 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 997.

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 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 39 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Amb 25 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 25 km
District headquarters Una 39 km
Nearest town Talwāra 45 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amb 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 138. That makes it the 191st largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Kotla village has 78 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 117.99 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 Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 km distance for Kotla.

Kotla is about 39 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 25 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Una is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deoli Minahasan (under 2 km), Bagga Barota (2.8 km) and Seri (3.2 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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