About Kotanger Village

Kotanger is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 863, made up of 403 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotanger Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotanger village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	755.89 hectares
Population	863
Male Population	403
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotanger compares

By the 2011 count Kotanger is the 14th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 755.89 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Kotanger

Kotanger is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotanger as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kotanger from other places

Kotanger lies about 41 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 9.2 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 Kotanger
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	9.4 km
District headquarters	Khunti	41 km

Villages closest to Kotanger

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotanger village had a population of 863. That makes it the 14th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Kotanger village has 403 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotanger has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Kotanger is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotanger covers 755.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotanger falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotanger is Kurkura, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kotanger.

Kotanger is about 41 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotanger is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Kurkura is about 9.2 km away. Rania is about 9.4 km away. Khunti is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.