About Kothurna Village

Kothurna is a mid sized village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,774, made up of 914 males and 860 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.48 hectares hectares.

Kothurna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kothurna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Khairlanji
Area (hectares)	485.48 hectares
Population	1,774
Male Population	914
Female Population	860
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kothurna compares

By the 2011 count Kothurna is the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 485.48 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1028.

Getting to Kothurna

Kothurna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kothurna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kothurna from other places

Kothurna lies about 22 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 12 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 Kothurna
Tehsil headquarters	Khairlanji	11 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	11 km
Nearest railway station	Waraseoni	12 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	22 km

Villages closest to Kothurna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kothurna village had a population of 1,774. That makes it the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Kothurna village has 914 males and 860 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kothurna has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Kothurna covers 485.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kothurna falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kothurna is Waraseoni, about 12 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 village for Kothurna.

Kothurna is about 22 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kothurna is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 11 km away. Wārāseonī is about 11 km away. Waraseoni is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.