# Kotha Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Kotha

Kotha is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **170 people in 33 households**, the 264th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 170people (2011)
- 33households
- 75.5%literacy
- 753females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotha

Of every 100 households in Kotha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotha · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**78%

Tap water ****9%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****56%**

**83%

Television ****31%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****753**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**902

Working population ****24.7%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 60.3% for women. 35% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (50%) · **■** Marginal 17 (40%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Chauri176 people
- Kotia176 people
- Amauli173 people
- Kusmha Kala171 people
- Banganwa160 people
- Jagnal Digar160 people
- Piprauli Khurd159 people
- Delha157 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotha?170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotha in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotha?75.5% (Census 2011)