About Kotap Village

Kotap is a small village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 205 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotap village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	495 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	205
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotap compares

By the 2011 count Kotap is the 53rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 495 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Kotap

Kotap is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotap as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kotap from other places

Kotap lies about 21 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 31 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 Kotap
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	7.8 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	20 km
District headquarters	Chatra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	31 km

Villages closest to Kotap

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Kotap

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotap village had a population of 393. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Kotap village has 205 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotap has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Kotap is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotap covers 495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotap falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotap is Kathautia, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kotap.

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

Kotap is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 7.8 km away. Bagaha is about 20 km away. Chatra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.