# Kotshol Village, Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Kotshol

Kotshol is a village in Baharagora sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832101**. The 2011 Census counted **797 people in 171 households**, the 48th largest of 359 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 797people (2011)
- 171households
- 70.0%literacy
- 832101PIN code

## Kotshol PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kotshol is 832101.** Kotshol falls in Baharagora sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code832101
- Gram panchayatMatihana
- Community development blockBaharagora
- Census village code364773

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

## How far is Kotshol from nearby towns?

- Baharagora (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)75 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)56 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 Kotshol?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bahragora
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Barhagora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 9 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 Kotshol known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 60% of the 183 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 Kotshol

Of every 100 households in Kotshol in 2011, 85 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kotshol · ■ Baharagora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****90%**

**57%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

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 Kotshol?

■ Kotshol · ■ Baharagora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**944

Working population ****49.1%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 58.1% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (9%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 97 (25%) · **■** Marginal 251 (64%)

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 Baharagora

- Rangniya810 people
- Kokramaragariya802 people
- Shamsanda800 people
- Bagrachura797 people
- Gopalpur787 people
- Benda784 people
- Charakmara782 people
- Panchruliya781 people

[All 451 villages in Baharagora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/baharagora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotshol?832101
- How far is Kotshol from Jamshedpur?75 km by road
- What is the population of Kotshol?797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotshol in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Baharagora sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kotshol?70.0% (Census 2011)