# Kotwa Village, Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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Village · Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar 

# Kotwa

Kotwa is a village in Tamkuhi Raj sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,821 people in 313 households**, the 149th largest of 372 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,821people (2011)
- 313households
- 41.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotwa

Of every 100 households in Kotwa in 2011, 36 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kotwa · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****70%**

**83%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kotwa?

■ Kotwa · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.3%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**937

Working population ****26.9%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 28.0% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 237 (48%)

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 Tamkuhi Raj

- Bharapatia1,893 people
- Latwa Muralidhar1,891 people
- Munni Patti1,857 people
- Sapaha1,827 people
- Manjharia1,813 people
- Banwaria1,808 people
- Gauri Ebrahim1,808 people
- Audan Tola1,798 people

[All 384 villages in Tamkuhi Raj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/tamkuhi-raj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotwa?1,821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotwa in?Kushinagar district (Tamkuhi Raj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotwa?41.3% (Census 2011)