# Kotraha Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Kotraha

Kotraha is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,148 people in 210 households**, the 111th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,148people (2011)
- 210households
- 29.4%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Kotraha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNorangiya Dardri
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216013

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

## How far is Kotraha from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)87 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)25 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 Kotraha?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Kotraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Kotraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 9% of the 1,561 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 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 Kotraha

Of every 100 households in Kotraha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kotraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**49%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****49%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kotraha?

■ Kotraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.4%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**969

Working population ****62.5%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.0% for men and 14.1% for women. 65% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 452 (63%)

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

- Barwa1,211 people
- Sapahi1,209 people
- Pokharbhinda1,200 people
- Garkatti1,157 people
- Berai1,123 people
- Barba Khurd1,100 people
- Satchubanwa1,095 people
- Naraingarh1,081 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kotraha from Bettiah?87 km by road
- What is the population of Kotraha?1,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kotraha?29.4% (Census 2011)