About Kot Village

Kot is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,446, made up of 671 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 950.83 hectares hectares.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Lanja
Area (hectares)	950.83 hectares
Population	1,446
Male Population	671
Female Population	775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 9th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 950.83 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Kot

Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available within village. 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 Kot from other places

Kot lies about 21 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Nivasar, about 10 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 Kot
Nearest railway station	Nivasar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lanja	10 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	21 km

Villages closest to Kot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 1,446. That makes it the 9th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Kot village has 671 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

Kot covers 950.83 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.

Kot falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Nivasar, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 21 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Nivasar is about 10 km away. Lanja is about 10 km away. Ratnagiri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.