# Kotar Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kotar

Kotar is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,450 people in 497 households**, the 32nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,450people (2011)
- 497households
- 55.1%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotar

Of every 100 households in Kotar in 2011, 34 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kotar · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**16%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**32%

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 Kotar?

■ Kotar · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**955

Working population ****28.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 48.0% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (41%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 99 (14%) · **■** Marginal 54 (8%)

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 Itahar

- Chandanpur2,640 people
- Kamalai2,632 people
- Phkhuria2,466 people
- Chandigram2,460 people
- Kamardanga2,367 people
- Purba Durlabhpur2,365 people
- Tharais2,309 people
- Kurmanpur2,263 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotar?2,450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotar?55.1% (Census 2011)