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Kotara Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kotara is a medium size village located in Rohru Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 109 families residing. The Kotara village has population of 459 of which 235 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotara village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 5.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotara village is 953 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotara as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kotara village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotara village was 70.67 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kotara Male literacy stands at 86.49 % while female literacy rate was 54.03 %.

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 109 - -
Population 459 235 224
Child (0-6) 26 13 13
Schedule Caste 206 105 101
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.67 % 86.49 % 54.03 %
Total Workers 432 221 211
Main Worker 307 - -
Marginal Worker 125 67 58

Caste Factor

In Kotara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.88 % 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, 432 were engaged in work activities. 71.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 432 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.