# Kotha Village, Shahkot, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahkot, Jalandhar 

# Kotha

Kotha is a village in Shahkot sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144629**. The 2011 Census counted **583 people in 115 households**, the 103rd largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 583people (2011)
- 115households
- 54.8%literacy
- 144629PIN code

## Kotha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kotha is 144629.** Kotha falls in Shahkot sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144629
- Gram panchayatKotha
- Community development blockLohian Khas
- Census village code029759

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?

- Shahkot (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)55 km by road
- Lohian Khass (nearest town)7 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

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Shahkot
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Shah Kot
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Shahkot
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 14 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 **wheat, sugarcane and sarson**. About 95% of the 118 hectares of village land is sown, and 112 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, 98 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kotha · ■ Shahkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**26%

Tap water ****80%**

**33%

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

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**56%

Use banking services ****100%**

**71%

Television ****100%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**54%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**12%

None of these assets ****0%**

**4%

Own their home ****91%**

**96%

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 · ■ Shahkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**862

Working population ****45.6%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.7% for men and 52.9% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (38%) · **■** Household industry 24 (9%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 60 (23%)

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 Shahkot

- Raiwal Dona612 people
- Chak Bundala607 people
- Naurangpur599 people
- Phul591 people
- Bajwa Khurd572 people
- Tut Shersingh571 people
- Kasupur570 people
- Sohal Khalsa568 people

[All 179 villages in Shahkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/shahkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotha?144629
- How far is Kotha from Jalandhar?55 km by road
- What is the population of Kotha?583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotha in?Jalandhar district (Shahkot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Kotha?54.8% (Census 2011)