# Kot Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Kot

Kot is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,888 people in 610 households**, the 12th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,888people (2011)
- 610households
- 68.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kot

Of every 100 households in Kot in 2011, 26 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kot · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****40%**

**55%

Television ****29%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****6%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kot?

■ Kot · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**975

Working population ****33.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 61.5% for women. 44% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (11%) · **■** Household industry 75 (8%) · **■** Other work 141 (15%) · **■** Marginal 477 (50%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Lachhiator3,267 people
- Dabuk3,096 people
- Majharipara3,046 people
- Prachandapur2,961 people
- Sonj2,875 people
- Goala2,712 people
- Madian2,626 people
- Bajitpur2,611 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kot?2,888 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kot in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kot?68.5% (Census 2011)