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About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 181 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144519, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144519
Area (hectares) 218 hectares
Population 367
Male Population 181
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 232nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Kotla

The census records public bus service for Kotla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotla from other places

Kotla lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Malupota, about 9.4 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 Kotla
Nearest railway station Malupota 9.4 km
Nearest town Banga 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 18 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 30 km

Villages closest to Kotla

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

Common questions about Kotla

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 367. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Kotla village has 181 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 144519. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotla falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Malupota, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kotla.

Kotla is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Malupota is about 9.4 km away. Banga is about 9.7 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot Fatuhi (1.7 km), Mananhana (1.9 km) and Thinde (2.0 km).

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

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