# Kotaraha Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Kotaraha

Kotaraha is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **788 people in 137 households**, the 137th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 788people (2011)
- 137households
- 69.9%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Kotaraha PIN code and other codes

Kotaraha falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatLaxmipur Rampurwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code215993

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

## How far is Kotaraha from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)44 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)106 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)44 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 Kotaraha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kotaraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balmikinagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 h winter

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 Kotaraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 34% of the 312 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Kotaraha

Of every 100 households in Kotaraha in 2011, 95 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kotaraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****37%**

**34%

Television ****37%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**23%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

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 Kotaraha?

■ Kotaraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**969

Working population ****35.5%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 61.2% for women. 48% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (66%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (8%) · **■** Marginal 14 (5%)

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 Sidhaw

- Gangaulia867 people
- Khiria urf Gamharia867 people
- Paorha832 people
- Jamunapur821 people
- Jhankaul712 people
- Bangaria677 people
- Khurharia677 people
- Gorkati671 people

[All 175 villages in Sidhaw](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sidhaw/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kotaraha from Bettiah?106 km by road
- What is the population of Kotaraha?788 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotaraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kotaraha?69.9% (Census 2011)