# Kotbar Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kotbar

Kotbar is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 57 households**, the 99th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 256people (2011)
- 57households
- 70.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotbar

Of every 100 households in Kotbar in 2011, 67 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotbar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**33%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Kotbar?

■ Kotbar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**953

Working population ****39.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 66.4% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (25%) · **■** Household industry 29 (29%) · **■** Other work 20 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Egra - II

- Golagar272 people
- Narubhunya Chak272 people
- Sanbheri265 people
- Ansarisha256 people
- Nankrahatida246 people
- Gopalpur245 people
- Nemakpur198 people
- Gagana176 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotbar?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotbar?70.9% (Census 2011)