# Kotshila Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Kotshila

Kotshila is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 250 households**, the 30th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 250households
- 51.4%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotshila

Of every 100 households in Kotshila in 2011, 42 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotshila · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****24%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**80%

Use banking services ****24%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kotshila?

■ Kotshila · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**973

Working population ****38.2%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 30.3% for women. 48% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 154 (28%) · **■** Household industry 261 (47%) · **■** Other work 112 (20%) · **■** Marginal 27 (5%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people
- Kanudi1,490 people
- Karche1,448 people
- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people
- Simni1,327 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotshila?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotshila in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotshila?51.4% (Census 2011)