# Kotash Village, Robertsganj, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Robertsganj, Sonbhadra 

# Kotash

Kotash is a village in Robertsganj sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,060 people in 158 households**, the 176th largest of 770 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 1,060people (2011)
- 158households
- 69.4%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotash

Of every 100 households in Kotash in 2011, 10 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotash · ■ Robertsganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**19%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**81%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**23%

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 Kotash?

■ Kotash · ■ Robertsganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****725**

**930

Working population ****43.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 55.3% for women. 50% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 156 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (38%) · **■** Other work 34 (7%) · **■** Marginal 96 (21%)

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 Robertsganj

- Rajdhan1,083 people
- Ghatita1,072 people
- Manchi1,070 people
- Chargara1,062 people
- Palhari1,059 people
- Parashipandy1,055 people
- Redia1,044 people
- Amadih1,032 people

[All 793 villages in Robertsganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/robertsganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotash?1,060 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotash in?Sonbhadra district (Robertsganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotash?69.4% (Census 2011)