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About Kotiya Village

Kotiya is a small village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 225 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.19 hectares hectares.

Kotiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Banda
Area (hectares) 318.19 hectares
Population 418
Male Population 225
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
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 Kotiya compares

By the 2011 count Kotiya is the 125th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 318.19 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Kotiya

Kotiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kotiya 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 Kotiya from other places

Kotiya lies about 20 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Nariaoli, about 17 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 Kotiya
Nearest railway station Nariaoli 17 km
Nearest town Rajākheri 20 km
District headquarters Sagar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Banda 27 km

Villages closest to Kotiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotiya village had a population of 418. That makes it the 125th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Kotiya village has 225 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotiya has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Kotiya covers 318.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotiya falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotiya is Nariaoli, about 17 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 Kotiya.

Kotiya is about 20 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotiya is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Nariaoli is about 17 km away. Rajākheri is about 20 km away. Sagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dahkuli (4.0 km), Kulla (4.0 km) and Imaliya (4.1 km).

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

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