# Kotab Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Kotab

Kotab is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **868 people in 116 households**, the 298th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 868people (2011)
- 116households
- 77.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotab

Of every 100 households in Kotab in 2011, 72 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Kotab · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**95%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****62%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kotab?

■ Kotab · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**924

Working population ****29.7%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 60.1% for women. 45% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (8%) · **■** Other work 65 (25%) · **■** Marginal 100 (39%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Majha Gawan910 people
- Chandpur904 people
- Tar Patti891 people
- Tofapur891 people
- Pura Pratap Shah865 people
- Bhikharipur Kalan862 people
- Hariya856 people
- Ashapur850 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotab?868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotab in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotab?77.2% (Census 2011)