About Kotra

Kotda is one of the largest tehsils of Udaipur district in India. It has 31 panchayats and a total of 262 revenue villages. The block is located 120 km south of the city Udaipur, bordered in the north by Pali and Sirohi districts of Rajasthan. In the south, it shares a border with Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts of Gujarat state. Per the 2011 census, Kotra is spread over 1110.9315 sq.km with a total population of 230,532. udaipur-tehsil-map.jpg [1] Demographics[edit] As of the 2011 India census, Kotda had a population of 230,532 (116,764 males and 113,768 females). The total number of households was 41,790. Males constitute 50.65 percent of the population and females make up 49.35 percent. Kotra has an average literacy rate of 24.52 percent, lower than the national average of 59.5 percent (2001 census); male literacy is 37.55 percent, and female literacy is 11.14 percent. In Kotra, for every 1,000 males there are 980 females. This sex ratio is favorable against the states sex ratio of 922. Kotda is a tribal-dominant block with 220,905 persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes. This constitutes 95.82 percent of the total population. Kotda, therefore, is listed under the Tribal Sub-Plan.