Village · Bagaha, Pashchim Champaran # Kotwa Kotwa is a village in Bagaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 477 people in 88 households, the 104th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.9%. - 477 people (2011) - 88 households - 55.2% literacy - 1,030 females per 1,000 males ## Kotwa PIN code and other codes Kotwa falls in Bagaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayat Baragaw - Community development block Bagaha - Census village code 216897 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Kotwa from nearby towns? - Bagaha (sub-district HQ) 9 km by road - Bettiah (district HQ) 55 km by road - Bagha (nearest town) 10 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Kotwa? 3 services counted by the Census are inside Kotwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bagha - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bagha - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah - ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km - ○ Dispensary 5–10 km - ○ Post office under 5 km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station under 5 km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Kotwa known for? The main crops are paddy, wheat and sugar cane. About 93% of the 301 hectares of village land is sown, and 202 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Kotwa Of every 100 households in Kotwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Kotwa · ■ Bagaha rural average - Electricity for lighting 0% 3% - Toilet within the home 0% 13% - No toilet (open defecation) 100% 87% - Tap water 0% 2% - Drinking water within premises 63% 60% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98% - Use banking services 67% 39% - Television 1% 9% - Mobile phone 38% 51% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 1% 5% - Car / jeep / van 0% 1% - None of these assets 17% 24% - Own their home 100% 99% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Kotwa? ■ Kotwa · ■ Bagaha rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 55.2% 52.9% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1030 904 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1022 946 - Working population 47.8% 41.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 63.7% for men and 46.9% for women. 49% of men and 46% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 22 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 8 (4%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 8 (4%) · ■ Marginal 187 (82%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Bagaha - Dharmajata 530 people - Tola Alakh Dabri 517 people - Ratanpurwa 486 people - Harpur 482 people - Sikti 464 people - Tola Gosain 442 people - Pipra 424 people - Kohargadi 412 people All 136 villages in Bagaha ## Quick answers - How far is Kotwa from Bettiah? 55 km by road - What is the population of Kotwa? 477 (Census 2011) - Which district is Kotwa in? Pashchim Champaran district (Bagaha sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Kotwa? 55.2% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/bagaha/kotwa/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.