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Kotara Population - Katihar, Bihar

Kotara is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 267 families residing. The Kotara village has population of 1306 of which 670 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotara village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 20.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotara village is 949 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotara as per census is 826, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Kotara village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotara village was 47.36 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kotara Male literacy stands at 54.56 % while female literacy rate was 40.04 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kotara 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 Kotara village.

Kotara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 267 - -
Population 1,306 670 636
Child (0-6) 263 144 119
Schedule Caste 28 18 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.36 % 54.56 % 40.04 %
Total Workers 335 287 48
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 113 84 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.14 % of total population in Kotara village. The village Kotara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotara village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 66.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.