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About Kotka Village

Kotka is a small village in Beerpur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 92 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 791 hectares hectares.

Kotka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Beerpur
Area (hectares) 791 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 92
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotka compares

By the 2011 count Kotka is the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 791 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 890.

Getting to Kotka

Kotka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotka 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Khajuri Shayapur, Kheroda Kalan, Kheroda Khurd and Kinnapura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kotka

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotka village had a population of 170. That makes it the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Kotka village has 92 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotka has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Kotka covers 791 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotka falls under Beerpur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Kotka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Kotka.

Kotka is in Beerpur tehsil of Sheopur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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