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Kothiya is a village in Rasra mandal, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 2,679 across 377 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.4% and is located at coordinates 27.299°N, 78.728°E.
By population, Kothiya ranks #62 of 400 villages in Rasra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothiya is a village of 2,679 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Rasra tehsil, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, the 62nd-largest of 400 villages in Rasra tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 871 women per 1,000 men. It lies 177 km from the Ballia district centre, 7 km from Parham, the nearest town, 23 km from Tindauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 221712, served by Rasra Town post office; the LGD village code is 198214. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jasrana, 10 km away. The sarpanch is aarati, and the village votes in Gopamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Prakash. The population is estimated at 3,159 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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