About Kota Village

Kota is a mid sized village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,582, made up of 783 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568.76 hectares hectares.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	568.76 hectares
Population	1,582
Male Population	783
Female Population	799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 24th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 568.76 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kota

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

Kota lies about 44 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 14 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	Gandhwani	13 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	14 km
Nearest town	Manāwar	27 km
District headquarters	Dhar	44 km

Villages closest to Kota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gandhwani 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 1,582. That makes it the 24th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Kota village has 783 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Kota covers 568.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kota falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Tanda Road, about 14 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 village for Kota.

Kota is about 44 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Gandhwani is about 13 km away. Tanda Road is about 14 km away. Manāwar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.