About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 221 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Jalandhar II
Pincode	144106
Area (hectares)	62 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	221
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 176th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Kotla

Kotla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 25 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sham Chaurasi, about 6.2 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	Sham Chaurasi	6.2 km
Nearest town	Adampur	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalandhar II	25 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	25 km

Villages closest to Kotla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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 Kotla

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 410. That makes it the 176th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Kotla village has 221 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 144106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kotla falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Sham Chaurasi, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Kotla is about 25 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sham Chaurasi is about 6.2 km away. Adampur is about 8.5 km away. Jalandhar II is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.