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About Kotwal Village

Kotwal is a large village in Morena tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,398, made up of 1,364 males and 1,034 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 832 hectares hectares.

Kotwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Morena
Area (hectares) 832 hectares
Population 2,398
Male Population 1,364
Female Population 1,034
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 758
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotwal compares

By the 2011 count Kotwal is the 47th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,043 residents. Its 832 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 787.

Getting to Kotwal

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

Kotwal lies about 14 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Sank, about 9.5 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 Kotwal
Nearest railway station Sank 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Morena 14 km

Villages closest to Kotwal

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

Common questions about Kotwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwal village had a population of 2,398. That makes it the 47th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,043 residents.

Kotwal village has 1,364 males and 1,034 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwal has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 787.

Kotwal covers 832 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotwal falls under Morena tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotwal is Sank, about 9.5 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 Kotwal.

Kotwal is about 14 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwal is in Morena tehsil of Morena district. Sank is about 9.5 km away. Morena is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaji Basai (1.9 km), Hargawan (2.0 km) and Bichola (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kotwal today is likely to be higher.

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