# Kotloi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Kotloi

Kotloi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,151 people in 596 households**, the 11th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,151people (2011)
- 596households
- 60.4%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotloi

Of every 100 households in Kotloi in 2011, 38 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotloi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**92%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**84%

Use banking services ****40%**

**44%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Kotloi?

■ Kotloi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**934

Working population ****39.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 43.3% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 160 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (1%) · **■** Household industry 164 (13%) · **■** Other work 381 (31%) · **■** Marginal 522 (42%)

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 Purulia - I

- Suklara3,730 people
- Damda3,302 people
- Chakda3,275 people
- Belkundi3,183 people
- Ghagharjuri3,092 people
- Chakra2,987 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotloi?3,151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotloi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotloi?60.4% (Census 2011)