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Kotal Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kotal is a large village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 467 families residing. The Kotal village has population of 2077 of which 1106 are males while 971 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotal village population of children with age 0-6 is 381 which makes up 18.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotal village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotal as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kotal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotal village was 48.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kotal Male literacy stands at 52.72 % while female literacy rate was 43.40 %.

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

Kotal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 467 - -
Population 2,077 1,106 971
Child (0-6) 381 205 176
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.35 % 52.72 % 43.40 %
Total Workers 584 540 44
Main Worker 519 - -
Marginal Worker 65 40 25

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kotal village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Kotal village out of total population, 584 were engaged in work activities. 88.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 584 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 362 were Agricultural labourer.