About Kotla Village

Kotla is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 97 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	60.01 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	97
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	763
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotla compares

By the 2011 count Kotla is the 141st largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 60.01 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1057.

Getting to Kotla

Kotla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kotla as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kotla from other places

Kotla lies about 12 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 38 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 Kotla
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	7.0 km
District headquarters	Champawat	12 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	20 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	38 km

Villages closest to Kotla

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kotla

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 171. That makes it the 141st largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Kotla village has 97 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 60.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Tanakpur, about 38 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 10+ km distance for Kotla.

Kotla is about 12 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Lohaghat is about 7.0 km away. Champawat is about 12 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.