About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 240 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	240
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
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 41st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

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 Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Nagjua, about 6.3 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	Bhandra	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nagjua	6.3 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Kota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhandra 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 498. That makes it the 41st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Kota village has 240 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kota is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kota falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Nagjua, about 6.3 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 Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Bhandra is about 5.0 km away. Nagjua is about 6.3 km away. Lohardaga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.