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Kotagaon Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Kotagaon is a medium size village located in Jayapatna Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 473 families residing. The Kotagaon village has population of 1726 of which 878 are males while 848 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotagaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 14.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotagaon village is 966 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotagaon as per census is 870, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kotagaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotagaon village was 55.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kotagaon Male literacy stands at 71.49 % while female literacy rate was 38.83 %.

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

Kotagaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 473 - -
Population 1,726 878 848
Child (0-6) 245 131 114
Schedule Caste 557 274 283
Schedule Tribe 111 52 59
Literacy 55.30 % 71.49 % 38.83 %
Total Workers 953 489 464
Main Worker 247 - -
Marginal Worker 706 279 427

Caste Factor

Kotagaon village of Kalahandi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.43 % of total population in Kotagaon village.

Work Profile

In Kotagaon village out of total population, 953 were engaged in work activities. 25.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 953 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.