About Kotla Village

Kotla is a mid sized village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 416 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263132
Area (hectares)	241.48 hectares
Population	815
Male Population	416
Female Population	399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
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 29th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 241.48 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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 89 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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	Dhari	15 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km
District headquarters	Nainital	89 km

Villages closest to Kotla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotla village had a population of 815. That makes it the 29th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Kotla village has 416 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotla has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Kotla is 263132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotla covers 241.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotla falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotla is Kotdwara, about 22 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 89 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotla is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Dhari is about 15 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.