# Kosikalan Village, Chhata, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chhata, Mathura 

# Kosikalan

Kosikalan is a village in Chhata sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,091 people in 891 households**, the 21st largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 5,091people (2011)
- 891households
- 67.9%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kosikalan

Of every 100 households in Kosikalan in 2011, 86 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kosikalan · ■ Chhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**79%

Tap water ****26%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**73%

Television ****62%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**28%

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

**3%

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

**14%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Kosikalan?

■ Kosikalan · ■ Chhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**853

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**885

Working population ****29.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 53.7% for women. 45% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (6%) · **■** Household industry 39 (3%) · **■** Other work 770 (51%) · **■** Marginal 468 (31%)

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 Chhata

- Agaryala5,688 people
- Akbarpur5,352 people
- Kharauth5,294 people
- Kotban5,193 people
- Ajhai Khurd5,037 people
- Gidoh5,000 people
- Tumaula4,918 people
- Jatwari4,803 people

[All 205 villages in Chhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/chhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kosikalan?5,091 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosikalan in?Mathura district (Chhata sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kosikalan?67.9% (Census 2011)