Kotra Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kotra is a medium size village located in Barasat - I Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 337 families residing. The Kotra village has population of 1472 of which 767 are males while 705 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotra village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 12.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotra village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotra as per census is 904, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kotra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotra village was 74.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kotra Male literacy stands at 78.60 % while female literacy rate was 69.03 %.

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

Kotra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	337	-	-
Population	1,472	767	705
Child (0-6)	179	94	85
Schedule Caste	522	269	253
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.01 %	78.60 %	69.03 %
Total Workers	507	436	71
Main Worker	402	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	96	9

Caste Factor

In Kotra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.46 % of total population in Kotra village. The village Kotra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotra village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 79.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 135 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 125 were Agricultural labourer.