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About Kotawari Village

Kotawari is a large village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,392, made up of 1,262 males and 1,130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.64 hectares hectares.

Kotawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotawari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 624.64 hectares
Population 2,392
Male Population 1,262
Female Population 1,130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotawari compares

By the 2011 count Kotawari is the 33rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 624.64 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kotawari

Kotawari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotawari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Kotawari from other places

Kotawari lies about 18 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Banthra, about 18 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 Kotawari
Nearest town Kānt 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Banthra 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 18 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 18 km

Villages closest to Kotawari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotawari village had a population of 2,392. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Kotawari village has 1,262 males and 1,130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotawari has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Kotawari covers 624.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotawari falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kotawari is Banthra, about 18 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Kotawari.

Kotawari is about 18 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotawari is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Kānt is about 4.7 km away. Banthra is about 18 km away. Powayan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhanpur Nibuachak (under 2 km), Subhanpur (under 2 km) and Bikrampur (under 2 km).

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

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