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Kotla observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Khaga mandal is Om Maha Kaleshwar Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kotla itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Kotla is a village in Khaga mandal, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,072 across 163 households, with a literacy rate of 56.3%. Located at coordinates 27.274°N, 78.459°E, it has PIN code 212650.
By population, Kotla ranks #214 of 563 villages in Khaga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotla is a village of 1,072 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Khaga tehsil, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, the 214th-largest of 563 villages in Khaga tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 164 km from the Fatehpur district centre, 5 km from Fariha, the nearest town, 16 km from Firozabad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212650, served by Chheolaha post office; the LGD village code is 157110. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jatau, 5 km away. The sarpanch is rani devi, and the village votes in Balamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rampal Verma. The population is estimated at 1,264 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kotla →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotla · this village | 1,072 | 56% | — |
| Kotla · Firozabad | 3,331 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Kotla · Debai | 1,378 | 60% | 0 km N |
| Latifpur Kotla · Firozabad | 1,752 | 70% | 0.2 km NW |
| Sikandarpur Kotla · Firozabad | 1,452 | 66% | 0.9 km NE |
| Bhagipur Kotla · Firozabad | 0 | — | 1.1 km SE |
| Bahoranpur · Kishni | 0 | — | 1.4 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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