# Kotan Village, Patoda, Bid (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Patoda, Bid 

# Kotan

Kotan is a village in Patoda sub-district of Bid district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,855 people in 353 households**, the 20th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,855people (2011)
- 353households
- 67.8%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Kotan PIN code and other codes

Kotan falls in Patoda sub-district, Bid district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPatoda
- Census village code558898

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

## How far is Kotan from nearby towns?

- Patoda (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Bid (district HQ)60 km by road
- Bid (nearest town)60 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 Kotan?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Amalner
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Amalner
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dongarkinhi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 13 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 Kotan known for?

The main crops are **jowar, cotton and bajra**. About 93% of the 1,839 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,630 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 Kotan

Of every 100 households in Kotan in 2011, 40 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotan · ■ Patoda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**70%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****17%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****26%**

**64%

Television ****9%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**92%

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 Kotan?

■ Kotan · ■ Patoda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**794

Working population ****58.7%**

**53.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 56.6% for women. 59% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 768 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 274 (25%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (1%) · **■** Marginal 20 (2%)

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 Patoda

- Nirgudi2,034 people
- Domri2,020 people
- Naigaon1,959 people
- Bhyala1,933 people
- Nalwandi1,803 people
- Gandhanwadi1,713 people
- Parner1,674 people
- Mahasanghvi1,591 people

[All 105 villages in Patoda](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/bid/patoda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kotan from Bid?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kotan?1,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotan in?Bid district (Patoda sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kotan?67.8% (Census 2011)