# Kotha Village, Bishnah, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Bishnah, Jammu 

# Kotha

Kotha is a village in Bishnah sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181131**. The 2011 Census counted **792 people in 198 households**, the 43rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 792people (2011)
- 198households
- 81.6%literacy
- 181131PIN code

## Kotha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kotha is 181131.** Kotha falls in Bishnah sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code181131
- Gram panchayatChangiya
- Community development blockBishnah
- Census village code006288

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

## How far is Kotha from nearby towns?

- Bishnah (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Jammu (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bishnah (nearest town)10 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 Kotha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Arina
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bishnah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jammu
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 11 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 Kotha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and bajra**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 80% of the 179 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 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 Kotha

Of every 100 households in Kotha in 2011, 99 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotha · ■ Bishnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**76%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**44%

Use banking services ****96%**

**82%

Television ****64%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**35%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

None of these assets ****15%**

**8%

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 Kotha?

■ Kotha · ■ Bishnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****596**

**746

Working population ****32.6%**

**27.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 77.5% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 140 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (17%) · **■** Other work 28 (11%) · **■** Marginal 46 (18%)

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 Bishnah

- Shahpur Brahamana931 people
- Chak Abtara855 people
- Karyal Brahamana806 people
- Pandori Manhasan804 people
- Adlehar788 people
- Sohag Pur786 people
- Jhumian Jatan739 people
- Morecha Pur734 people

[All 116 villages in Bishnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/bishnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotha?181131
- How far is Kotha from Jammu?50 km by road
- What is the population of Kotha?792 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotha in?Jammu district (Bishnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kotha?81.6% (Census 2011)
