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Kotang Population - Puri, Orissa

Kotang is a medium size village located in Konark Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 224 families residing. The Kotang village has population of 888 of which 474 are males while 414 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotang village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 7.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotang village is 873 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotang as per census is 769, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kotang village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotang village was 92.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kotang Male literacy stands at 96.32 % while female literacy rate was 87.76 %.

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

Kotang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 224 - -
Population 888 474 414
Child (0-6) 69 39 30
Schedule Caste 78 42 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.31 % 96.32 % 87.76 %
Total Workers 411 291 120
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 134 35 99

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.78 % of total population in Kotang village. The village Kotang currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotang village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 67.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.