# Kotbar Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kotbar

Kotbar is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **832 people in 172 households**, the 111th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 832people (2011)
- 172households
- 84.8%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotbar

Of every 100 households in Kotbar in 2011, 95 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotbar · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**44%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****75%**

**61%

Television ****29%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kotbar?

■ Kotbar · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****776**

**942

Working population ****40.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 79.9% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (9%) · **■** Marginal 137 (41%)

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 Narayangarh

- Darimara858 people
- Birbira853 people
- Birbarpur846 people
- Banamalipur836 people
- Sarisa816 people
- Binodpur810 people
- Baiampur808 people
- Asde793 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotbar?832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotbar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotbar?84.8% (Census 2011)