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Kotbar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kotbar is a large village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1225 families residing. The Kotbar village has population of 5737 of which 2921 are males while 2816 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotbar village population of children with age 0-6 is 929 which makes up 16.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotbar village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotbar as per census is 923, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kotbar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotbar village was 84.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kotbar Male literacy stands at 89.38 % while female literacy rate was 80.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kotbar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kotbar village.

Kotbar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,225 - -
Population 5,737 2,921 2,816
Child (0-6) 929 483 446
Schedule Caste 112 59 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.80 % 89.38 % 80.08 %
Total Workers 1,783 1,547 236
Main Worker 1,530 - -
Marginal Worker 253 187 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.95 % of total population in Kotbar village. The village Kotbar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotbar village out of total population, 1783 were engaged in work activities. 85.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1783 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 415 were Agricultural labourer.