About Kotra Village

Kotra is a mid sized village in Kolayat tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 772, made up of 420 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotra village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Kolayat
Pincode	334302
Area (hectares)	329.85 hectares
Population	772
Male Population	420
Female Population	352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kotra compares

By the 2011 count Kotra is the 94th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 329.85 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kotra

Kotra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kotra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotra from other places

Kotra lies about 23 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Darbari, about 2.7 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 Kotra
Nearest railway station	Darbari	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolayat	20 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	23 km

Villages closest to Kotra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotra village had a population of 772. That makes it the 94th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Kotra village has 420 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotra has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Kotra is 334302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotra covers 329.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotra falls under Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kotra is Darbari, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Kotra is about 23 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotra is in Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district. Darbari is about 2.7 km away. Kolayat is about 20 km away. Bikaner is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.