# Kotara Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Kotara

Kotara is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,306 people in 267 households**, the 97th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,306people (2011)
- 267households
- 47.4%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Kotara PIN code and other codes

Kotara falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBasalgaon
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code225103

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kotara from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)80 km by road
- Raiganj (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kotara?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kotara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barsoi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barsoi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kotara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 91 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kotara

Of every 100 households in Kotara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kotara · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****20%**

**15%

Television ****11%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kotara?

■ Kotara · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**960

Working population ****25.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 40.0% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 95 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (32%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 113 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Barsoi

- Mithapur1,331 people
- Ekchanan1,325 people
- Bansbhitha1,323 people
- Chaukharia1,312 people
- Baldogachhi1,300 people
- Gowagaon1,272 people
- Bathna1,247 people
- Chichaura1,237 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kotara from Katihar?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kotara?1,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotara in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kotara?47.4% (Census 2011)