About Kotmal Village

Kotmal is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,892, made up of 964 males and 928 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 821.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotmal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Basavakalyan
Pincode	585416
Area (hectares)	821.49 hectares
Population	1,892
Male Population	964
Female Population	928
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotmal compares

By the 2011 count Kotmal is the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 821.49 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 969.

Getting to Kotmal

Kotmal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotmal as Available within village. 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 Kotmal from other places

Kotmal lies about 64 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Bhalki, about 32 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 Kotmal
Tehsil headquarters	Basavakalyan	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalki	32 km
District headquarters	Bidar	64 km

Villages closest to Kotmal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotmal village had a population of 1,892. That makes it the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Kotmal village has 964 males and 928 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotmal has about 963 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 969.

The pincode recorded for Kotmal is 585416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotmal covers 821.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotmal falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kotmal is Bhalki, about 32 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kotmal.

Kotmal is about 64 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotmal is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 15 km away. Bhalki is about 32 km away. Bidar is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.