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Kota Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kota is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 226 families residing. The Kota village has population of 1272 of which 665 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kota village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 8.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kota village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kota as per census is 787, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kota village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kota village was 95.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kota Male literacy stands at 97.35 % while female literacy rate was 93.56 %.

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 226 - -
Population 1,272 665 607
Child (0-6) 109 61 48
Schedule Caste 45 23 22
Schedule Tribe 9 4 5
Literacy 95.53 % 97.35 % 93.56 %
Total Workers 407 388 19
Main Worker 294 - -
Marginal Worker 113 109 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.71 % of total population in Kota village.

Work Profile

In Kota village out of total population, 407 were engaged in work activities. 72.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 407 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.