About Kotgira Village

Kotgira is a mid sized village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,254, made up of 663 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotgira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotgira village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Bhalki
Pincode	585411
Area (hectares)	638.67 hectares
Population	1,254
Male Population	663
Female Population	591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotgira compares

By the 2011 count Kotgira is the 73rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 638.67 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Kotgira

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

Kotgira lies about 26 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Halbarga, about 11 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 Kotgira
Nearest railway station	Halbarga	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalki	15 km
Nearest town	Bhālki	15 km
District headquarters	Bidar	26 km

Villages closest to Kotgira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotgira village had a population of 1,254. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Kotgira village has 663 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotgira has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kotgira is 585411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotgira covers 638.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotgira falls under Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kotgira is Halbarga, about 11 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 Kotgira.

Kotgira is about 26 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotgira is in Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Halbarga is about 11 km away. Bhalki is about 15 km away. Bhālki is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.