About Kotab Village

Kotab is a small village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 191 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotab village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835204
Area (hectares)	129.23 hectares
Population	379
Male Population	191
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotab compares

By the 2011 count Kotab is the 57th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 129.23 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Kotab

Kotab is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotab as Available within 5 - 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 Kotab from other places

Kotab lies about 47 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Torang, about 10 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 Kotab
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Torang	10 km
Nearest town	Būndu	20 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	47 km

Villages closest to Kotab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotab village had a population of 379. That makes it the 57th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Kotab village has 191 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotab has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kotab is 835204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotab covers 129.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotab falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotab is Torang, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Kotab.

Kotab is about 47 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotab is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Sonahatu is about 8.9 km away. Torang is about 10 km away. Būndu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.