About Kotagara Village

Kotagara is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 222 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotagara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotagara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	108 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	222
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
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 Kotagara compares

By the 2011 count Kotagara is the 63rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Kotagara

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

Kotagara lies about 31 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 19 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 Kotagara
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	19 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	25 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	31 km

Villages closest to Kotagara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotagara village had a population of 424. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Kotagara village has 222 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotagara has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Kotagara covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotagara falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotagara is Sonua, about 19 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 Kotagara.

Kotagara is about 31 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotagara is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 16 km away. Sonua is about 19 km away. Chakradharpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.