About Kotwa Village

Kotwa is a large village in Nanpara tehsil, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,230, made up of 1,206 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1168.22 hectares hectares.

Kotwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bahraich
Tehsil	Nanpara
Area (hectares)	1168.22 hectares
Population	2,230
Male Population	1,206
Female Population	1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotwa compares

By the 2011 count Kotwa is the 224th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents. Its 1168.22 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Kotwa

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

Kotwa lies about 32 km from Bahraich, and the nearest railway station is Nanpara Junction, about 6.5 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 Kotwa
Tehsil headquarters	Nanpara	5.6 km
Nearest town	Nānpāra	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nanpara Junction	6.5 km
District headquarters	Bahraich	32 km

Villages closest to Kotwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwa village had a population of 2,230. That makes it the 224th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents.

Kotwa village has 1,206 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwa has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Kotwa covers 1168.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotwa falls under Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotwa is Nanpara Junction, about 6.5 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 Kotwa.

Kotwa is about 32 km from Bahraich in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwa is in Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district. Nanpara is about 5.6 km away. Nānpāra is about 5.6 km away. Nanpara Junction is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.