About Kotna Village

Kotna is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 252 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	399 hectares
Population	525
Male Population	252
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
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 Kotna compares

By the 2011 count Kotna is the 56th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 399 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 996.

Getting to Kotna

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

Kotna lies about 11 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 26 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 Kotna
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	10 km
District headquarters	Khunti	11 km
Nearest railway station	Bingaon	26 km

Villages closest to Kotna

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 Kotna

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotna village had a population of 525. That makes it the 56th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Kotna village has 252 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotna has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Kotna is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotna covers 399 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotna falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotna is Bingaon, about 26 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 Kotna.

Kotna is about 11 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotna is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 11 km away. Bingaon is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.