# Kotaha Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Kotaha

Kotaha is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,416 people in 350 households**, the 66th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,416people (2011)
- 350households
- 70.7%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotaha

Of every 100 households in Kotaha in 2011, 45 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kotaha · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**73%

Television ****33%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Kotaha?

■ Kotaha · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**912

Working population ****33.8%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 55.7% for women. 37% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (6%) · **■** Household industry 170 (21%) · **■** Other work 342 (42%) · **■** Marginal 197 (24%)

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 Meja

- Misirpur2,480 people
- Akora2,473 people
- Achhola Uparhar2,466 people
- Lutar2,434 people
- Sujani Samodha2,381 people
- Shahpur Kala2,374 people
- Payagpur2,357 people
- Bedauri Tappa Manda2,350 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotaha?2,416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotaha in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotaha?70.7% (Census 2011)