About Kota Village

Kota is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,551, made up of 786 males and 765 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 738.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	738.66 hectares
Population	1,551
Male Population	786
Female Population	765
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
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 Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 8th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 738.66 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kota

Kota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kota 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 Kota from other places

Kota lies about 20 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 32 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 Kota
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	20 km
District headquarters	Khunti	20 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	32 km

Villages closest to Kota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota village had a population of 1,551. That makes it the 8th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kota village has 786 males and 765 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Kota is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota covers 738.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kota falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Karra, about 32 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 Kota.

Kota is about 20 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 20 km away. Khunti is about 20 km away. Karra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.