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Kotma Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Kotma is a large village located in Sohagpur Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 778 families residing. The Kotma village has population of 3460 of which 1747 are males while 1713 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotma village population of children with age 0-6 is 472 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotma village is 981 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotma as per census is 919, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kotma village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotma village was 61.81 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kotma Male literacy stands at 70.35 % while female literacy rate was 53.19 %.

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

Kotma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 778 - -
Population 3,460 1,747 1,713
Child (0-6) 472 246 226
Schedule Caste 84 44 40
Schedule Tribe 1,624 803 821
Literacy 61.81 % 70.35 % 53.19 %
Total Workers 1,616 1,024 592
Main Worker 992 - -
Marginal Worker 624 231 393

Caste Factor

In Kotma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.43 % of total population in Kotma village.

Work Profile

In Kotma village out of total population, 1616 were engaged in work activities. 61.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1616 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 420 were Agricultural labourer.