About Kotam Village

Kotam is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 192 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	174.2 hectares
Population	402
Male Population	192
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotam compares

By the 2011 count Kotam is the 57th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 174.2 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Kotam

Kotam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kotam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Kotam from other places

Kotam lies about 13 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 11 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 Kotam
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	10 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	13 km

Villages closest to Kotam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotam village had a population of 402. That makes it the 57th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Kotam village has 192 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotam has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Kotam is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotam covers 174.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotam falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotam is Meralgram, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Kotam.

Kotam is about 13 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotam is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 10 km away. Meralgram is about 11 km away. Garhwa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.