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Kota Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Kota is a medium size village located in Shalai Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 247 families residing. The Kota village has population of 1672 of which 879 are males while 793 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kota village population of children with age 0-6 is 310 which makes up 18.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kota village is 902 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kota as per census is 1013, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kota village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kota village was 55.80 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kota Male literacy stands at 61.79 % while female literacy rate was 48.98 %.

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

Kota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,672 879 793
Child (0-6) 310 154 156
Schedule Caste 557 271 286
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.80 % 61.79 % 48.98 %
Total Workers 825 490 335
Main Worker 562 - -
Marginal Worker 263 210 53

Caste Factor

Kota village of Sirmaur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.31 % of total population in Kota village. The village Kota currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kota village out of total population, 825 were engaged in work activities. 68.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 825 workers engaged in Main Work, 473 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.