About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 19 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.63 hectares hectares.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	191.63 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	19
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
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 Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 191.63 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, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Kota

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

Kota lies about 33 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 20 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
Nearest railway station	Khonker	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	23 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	33 km

Villages closest to Kota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kolaras 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 35. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Kota village has 19 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Kota covers 191.63 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.

Kota falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Khonker, about 20 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 Kota.

Kota is about 33 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khonker is about 20 km away. Kolaras is about 23 km away. Shivpuri is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.