About Kotar Village

Kotar is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 260 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	209.89 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	260
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotar compares

By the 2011 count Kotar is the 32nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 209.89 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1109.

Getting to Kotar

Kotar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kotar from other places

Kotar lies about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Kotar
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	17 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	19 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	22 km

Villages closest to Kotar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotar village had a population of 492. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Kotar village has 260 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotar has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Kotar is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotar covers 209.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotar falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotar is Rishikesh, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kotar.

Kotar is about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotar is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 17 km away. Rishīkesh is about 19 km away. Rishikesh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.