Village · Meghnagar, Jhabua
# Kotnai

Kotnai is a village in Meghnagar sub-district of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 670 people in 144 households, the 81st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 22.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 39.3%.
- 670 people (2011)
- 144 households
- 22.2% literacy
- 1,036 females per 1,000 males

## Kotnai PIN code and other codes

Kotnai falls in Meghnagar sub-district, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Meghnagar
- Census village code 504549

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kotnai from nearby towns?
- Meghnagar (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Jhabua (district HQ) 37 km by road
- Thandla (nearest town) 12 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kotnai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kotnai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Thandla
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Thandla
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jhabua
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station under 5 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kotnai known for?

The main crops are makka. About 77% of the 152 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kotnai

Of every 100 households in Kotnai in 2011, 99 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotnai · ■ Meghnagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 99% 44%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 97%
- Use banking services 1% 35%
- Television 3% 4%
- Mobile phone 11% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 83% 70%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kotnai?

■ Kotnai · ■ Meghnagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 22.2% 39.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1036 983
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1066 924
- Working population 62.7% 50.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.6% for men and 11.2% for women. 60% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 151 (36%) · ■ Farm labourers 39 (9%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 8 (2%) · ■ Marginal 220 (52%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Meghnagar
- Naharpura 736 people
- Semaliya Mokhada 724 people
- Titariya 702 people
- Shivgarh 692 people
- Sajeli Damanasath 663 people
- Sajeli Jokhani Sath 647 people
- Juni Bordi 630 people
- Nawapada Dhanya 620 people

All 110 villages in Meghnagar

## Quick answers
- How far is Kotnai from Jhabua? 37 km by road
- What is the population of Kotnai? 670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotnai in? Jhabua district (Meghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotnai? 22.2% (Census 2011)

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