About Kotuwa Village

Kotuwa is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 168 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotuwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	403.74 hectares
Population	331
Male Population	168
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
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 Kotuwa compares

By the 2011 count Kotuwa is the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 403.74 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Kotuwa

Kotuwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kotuwa 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 Kotuwa from other places

Kotuwa lies about 38 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 Kotuwa
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	12 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	25 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	38 km

Villages closest to Kotuwa

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 Kotuwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotuwa village had a population of 331. That makes it the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Kotuwa village has 168 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotuwa has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Kotuwa is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotuwa covers 403.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotuwa falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kotuwa notes the nearest railway station 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 Kotuwa.

Kotuwa is about 38 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotuwa is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 12 km away. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Dehradun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.