About Kotal Pukur Village

Kotal Pukur is a large village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,818, made up of 1,452 males and 1,366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotal Pukur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotal Pukur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barharwa
Pincode	816105
Area (hectares)	152.46 hectares
Population	2,818
Male Population	1,452
Female Population	1,366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kotal Pukur compares

By the 2011 count Kotal Pukur is the 11th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 152.46 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Kotal Pukur

Kotal Pukur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotal Pukur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotal Pukur from other places

Kotal Pukur lies about 59 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kotalpukur, about under 2 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 Kotal Pukur
Nearest railway station	Kotalpukur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Pakur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barharwa	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	59 km

Villages closest to Kotal Pukur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barharwa 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 Kotal Pukur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotal Pukur village had a population of 2,818. That makes it the 11th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Kotal Pukur village has 1,452 males and 1,366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotal Pukur has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Kotal Pukur is 816105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotal Pukur covers 152.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kotal Pukur falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotal Pukur is Kotalpukur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kotal Pukur.

Kotal Pukur is about 59 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotal Pukur is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kotalpukur is about under 2 km away. Pakur is about 11 km away. Barharwa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.