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About Kotra Village

Kotra is a mid sized village in Ahore tehsil, in the district of Jalor, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 640 males and 654 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 919.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 307029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotra village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jalor
Tehsil Ahore
Pincode 307029
Area (hectares) 919.65 hectares
Population 1,294
Male Population 640
Female Population 654
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotra compares

By the 2011 count Kotra is the 72nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,680 residents. Its 919.65 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Kotra

Kotra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kotra from other places

Kotra lies about 13 km from Ahore, and the nearest railway station is Jalor, about 21 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
Tehsil headquarters Ahore 13 km
Nearest railway station Jalor 21 km

Villages closest to Kotra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotra village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,680 residents.

Kotra village has 640 males and 654 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotra has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Kotra is 307029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotra covers 919.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotra falls under Ahore tehsil of Jalor district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kotra is Jalor, about 21 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kotra.

Kotra is about 13 km from Ahore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotra is in Ahore tehsil of Jalor district. Ahore is about 13 km away. Jalor is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajeetpura (1.7 km), Chhangari (2.9 km) and Doodiya (4.3 km).

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

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