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About Kotwa Dham Village

Kotwa Dham is a mid sized village in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 550 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.51 hectares hectares.

Kotwa Dham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwa Dham village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Sirauli Gauspur
Area (hectares) 172.51 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 550
Female Population 460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotwa Dham compares

By the 2011 count Kotwa Dham is the 104th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 172.51 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 904.

Getting to Kotwa Dham

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

Kotwa Dham lies about 15 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Rafinagar, about under 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 Kotwa Dham
Nearest railway station Rafinagar under 2 km
Nearest town Nawābganj 13 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirauli Gauspur 15 km

Villages closest to Kotwa Dham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwa Dham village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 104th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Kotwa Dham village has 550 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwa Dham has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Kotwa Dham covers 172.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotwa Dham falls under Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotwa Dham is Rafinagar, about under 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 Kotwa Dham.

Kotwa Dham is about 15 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwa Dham is in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of Bara Banki district. Rafinagar is about under 2 km away. Nawābganj is about 13 km away. Bara Banki is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madarpur (3.2 km), Bazidpur (4.5 km) and Kasraila (4.5 km).

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

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