About Kotha Village

Kotha is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 275 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,527 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	233.85 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	275
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,527
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotha compares

By the 2011 count Kotha is the 14th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 233.85 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Kotha

Kotha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kotha as Available within 10+ 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 Kotha from other places

Kotha lies about 51 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 64 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 Kotha
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	13 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	51 km
Nearest town	Almora	52 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	64 km

Villages closest to Kotha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotha village had a population of 695. That makes it the 14th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Kotha village has 275 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotha has about 1527 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Kotha is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotha covers 233.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotha falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotha is Ramnagar, about 64 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kotha.

Kotha is about 51 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotha is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 13 km away. Chamoli is about 51 km away. Almora is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.