About Kota Village

Kota is a mid sized village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 666, made up of 355 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	275.94 hectares
Population	666
Male Population	355
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 14th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 275.94 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 953.

Getting to Kota

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

Kota lies about 44 km from Dehradun. 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 Kota
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	8.6 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	31 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Kota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota village had a population of 666. That makes it the 14th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Kota village has 355 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Kota is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota covers 275.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kota falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kota notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kota.

Kota is about 44 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 8.6 km away. Mussoorie is about 31 km away. Dehradun is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.