# Kotva Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Kotva

Kotva is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 131 households**, the 263rd largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 799people (2011)
- 131households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotva

Of every 100 households in Kotva in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kotva · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****98%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****77%**

**80%

Television ****26%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

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 Kotva?

■ Kotva · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1256**

**904

Working population ****24.4%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 60.4% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (51%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (14%) · **■** Marginal 14 (7%)

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 Khajni

- Jamauli Khurd807 people
- Govindpur806 people
- Hurara802 people
- Bharthari801 people
- Chak Baidpurva796 people
- Pipara Ganga796 people
- Shakhdadbabu794 people
- Raghupur793 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotva?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotva in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotva?73.7% (Census 2011)