About Kota Village

Kota is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 494 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.95 hectares hectares.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	523.95 hectares
Population	995
Male Population	494
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 62nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 523.95 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kota

Kota is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kota from other places

Kota lies about 85 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Lorha, about 33 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	Jaitpur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Lorha	33 km
Nearest town	Umaria	36 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	85 km

Villages closest to Kota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaitpur 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 995. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Kota village has 494 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Kota covers 523.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Lorha, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kota.

Kota is about 85 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 28 km away. Lorha is about 33 km away. Umaria is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.