# Kotra Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Kotra

Kotra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,316 people in 420 households**, the 24th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,316people (2011)
- 420households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,137females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotra

Of every 100 households in Kotra in 2011, 22 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**93%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kotra?

■ Kotra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1137**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**966

Working population ****52.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 53.0% for women. 57% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (5%) · **■** Household industry 50 (4%) · **■** Other work 140 (12%) · **■** Marginal 845 (70%)

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 - II

- Chepra2,508 people
- Surulia2,451 people
- Sindurpur2,382 people
- Hatuara2,353 people
- Chargali2,259 people
- Arita2,216 people
- Gengra2,181 people
- Baikata2,124 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotra?2,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotra?63.7% (Census 2011)