About Kotra Village

Kotra is a mid sized village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 382 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.5 hectares hectares.

Kotra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Banda
Area (hectares)	473.5 hectares
Population	705
Male Population	382
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotra compares

By the 2011 count Kotra is the 86th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 473.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Kotra

Kotra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kotra from other places

Kotra lies about 27 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Makronia, about 23 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 Kotra
Tehsil headquarters	Banda	15 km
Nearest railway station	Makronia	23 km
District headquarters	Sagar	27 km

Villages closest to Kotra

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.

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Common questions about Kotra

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotra village had a population of 705. That makes it the 86th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Kotra village has 382 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotra has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Kotra covers 473.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kotra is Makronia, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kotra.

Kotra is about 27 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotra is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 15 km away. Makronia is about 23 km away. Sagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.