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About Kott Village

Kott is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 111 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kott Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kott village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 174308
Area (hectares) 64.23 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 111
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kott compares

By the 2011 count Kott is the 106th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 64.23 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Kott

Kott is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kott 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 Kott from other places

Kott lies about 36 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, 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 Kott
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 18 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 25 km
District headquarters Una 36 km
Nearest town Nangal 43 km

Villages closest to Kott

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kott village had a population of 229. That makes it the 106th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Kott village has 111 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kott has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Kott is 174308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kott covers 64.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kott falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kott is Amb Andaura, 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 village for Kott.

Kott is about 36 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kott is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Bangana is about 18 km away. Amb Andaura is about 25 km away. Una is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Kott (under 2 km), Kothi (under 2 km) and Kotla Khas (under 2 km).

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

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