About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 229 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	250 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	229
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 75th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kota

Kota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kota as Available within 5 - 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 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	Murhu	9.3 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 Murhu 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 431. That makes it the 75th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Kota village has 229 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Kota covers 250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota falls under Murhu 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 9.3 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.