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Kotaia Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kotaia is a medium size village located in Hariharganj Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 203 families residing. The Kotaia village has population of 1127 of which 596 are males while 531 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotaia village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotaia village is 891 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotaia as per census is 845, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kotaia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotaia village was 67.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kotaia Male literacy stands at 81.56 % while female literacy rate was 51.00 %.

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

Kotaia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 203 - -
Population 1,127 596 531
Child (0-6) 179 97 82
Schedule Caste 284 141 143
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.09 % 81.56 % 51.00 %
Total Workers 330 288 42
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 53 27 26

Caste Factor

Kotaia village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.20 % of total population in Kotaia village. The village Kotaia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotaia village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 83.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.