# Kotal Village, Harischandrapur - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/kotal/

Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Kotal

Kotal is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,077 people in 467 households**, the 35th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 2,077people (2011)
- 467households
- 48.3%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotal

Of every 100 households in Kotal in 2011, 21 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotal · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**77%

Tap water ****42%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kotal?

■ Kotal · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.3%**

**52.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**954

Working population ****28.1%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.7% for men and 43.4% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (62%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (6%) · **■** Marginal 65 (11%)

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 Harischandrapur - I

- Bhabanipur2,199 people
- Santoshpur2,185 people
- Uttar Mukundapur2,168 people
- Janamdol2,079 people
- Narayanpur2,039 people
- Daula2,029 people
- Angarmani1,999 people
- Bahar1,992 people

[All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotal?2,077 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotal in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotal?48.3% (Census 2011)