# Kotiya Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Kotiya

Kotiya is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 54 households**, the 290th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 455people (2011)
- 54households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,230females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotiya

Of every 100 households in Kotiya in 2011, 47 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kotiya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**76%

Tap water ****94%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**88%

Use banking services ****98%**

**81%

Television ****31%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**10%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kotiya?

■ Kotiya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1230**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**903

Working population ****23.1%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 65.5% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 28 (27%)

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 Bansgaon

- Gajari460 people
- Dumari Manjharia459 people
- Dumri Mutalikshahpur459 people
- Katrari Ah.457 people
- Ekauna Buzurg454 people
- Balua Urf Gopalpur453 people
- Kusmaura Khurd450 people
- Shahariya450 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotiya?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotiya in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotiya?72.0% (Census 2011)