About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 165 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.05 hectares hectares.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	565.05 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	165
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 108th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 565.05 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Kota

Kota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kota 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kota from other places

Kota lies about 41 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 31 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 Kota
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	14 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Basari	31 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	41 km

Villages closest to Kota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota village had a population of 317. That makes it the 108th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Kota village has 165 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Kota covers 565.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Basari, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kota.

Kota is about 41 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 14 km away. Bijāwar is about 14 km away. Basari is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.