# Kotagara Village, Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kotagara

Kotagara is a village in Bandgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835216**. The 2011 Census counted **424 people in 79 households**, the 64th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.

- 424people (2011)
- 79households
- 37.2%literacy
- 835216PIN code

## Kotagara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kotagara is 835216.** Kotagara falls in Bandgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835216
- Gram panchayatTebo
- Community development blockBandgaon
- Census village code377184

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

## How far is Kotagara from nearby towns?

- Bandgaon (sub-district HQ)37 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)62 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)37 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 Kotagara?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kotagara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chakhardharpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakhardharpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Kotagara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 21% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kotagara

Of every 100 households in Kotagara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotagara · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****15%**

**49%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

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 Kotagara?

■ Kotagara · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.2%**

**54.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**994

Working population ****56.8%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 8.5% for women. 55% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 233 (97%)

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 Bandgaon

- Soga441 people
- Jankopai437 people
- Kunmun436 people
- Ganjna424 people
- Leangi422 people
- Kulum421 people
- Sawaniya419 people
- Jalmai413 people

[All 216 villages in Bandgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/bandgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotagara?835216
- How far is Kotagara from Chaibasa?62 km by road
- What is the population of Kotagara?424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotagara in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Bandgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kotagara?37.2% (Census 2011)