# Kotawa Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Kotawa

Kotawa is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,098 people in 281 households**, the 226th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,098people (2011)
- 281households
- 74.3%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotawa

Of every 100 households in Kotawa in 2011, 48 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kotawa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**80%

Tap water ****15%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**46%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**96%

Use banking services ****73%**

**84%

Television ****38%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kotawa?

■ Kotawa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**928

Working population ****29.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 63.5% for women. 50% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 33 (5%) · **■** Other work 240 (39%) · **■** Marginal 264 (43%)

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 Maharajganj

- Jungal Jaralahi Urf Jardi2,131 people
- Basdila Urf Amawa2,117 people
- Siswa2,115 people
- Baharampur2,103 people
- Mangalpur2,098 people
- Rampur Meer2,097 people
- Karauta2,090 people
- Siswaraja2,084 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotawa?2,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotawa in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotawa?74.3% (Census 2011)