About Kotala Village

Kotala is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 55 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 691 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	178.89 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	55
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	691
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotala compares

By the 2011 count Kotala is the 155th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 178.89 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kotala

Kotala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotala as Available within 5 - 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 Kotala from other places

Kotala lies about 31 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 66 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 Kotala
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	9.1 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	31 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	50 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	66 km

Villages closest to Kotala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotala village had a population of 93. That makes it the 155th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Kotala village has 55 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotala has about 691 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kotala is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotala covers 178.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotala falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotala is Dehradun, about 66 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotala.

Kotala is about 31 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotala is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 9.1 km away. Uttarkashi is about 31 km away. Mussoorie is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.