# Kotra Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kotra

Kotra is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 337 households**, the 48th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 337households
- 74.0%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotra

Of every 100 households in Kotra in 2011, 54 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotra · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**15%

Tap water ****40%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**78%

Use banking services ****43%**

**46%

Television ****38%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Kotra?

■ Kotra · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**940

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 69.0% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (25%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 133 (26%) · **■** Marginal 105 (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 Barasat - I

- Chak Dwarakpur1,792 people
- Panchuria1,643 people
- Babpur1,601 people
- Mathgram1,493 people
- Daspuldanga1,457 people
- Chandigori1,452 people
- Malikapur1,372 people
- Kapasia1,334 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotra?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotra?74.0% (Census 2011)