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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manisha
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- LGD code
- 45282
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 22
- Households
- 4
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 833 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 25 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 203 km
- Nearest railway station
- Yog Nagari Rishikesh · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ayushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kotala compares
By population, Kotala ranks #60 of 60 villages in Doiwala mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Kotala
- 72.7%
- Doiwala mandal
- 70.6%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
833
−90 vs mandal average
- Kotala
- 833
- Doiwala mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Kotala
- 5.5
- Doiwala mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotala at a glance
Kotala is a village of 22 people in 4 households (Census 2011) in Doiwala tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 60th-largest of 60 villages in Doiwala tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 833 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Dehradun district centre, 34 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 10 km from Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 45282. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ayushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Manisha , and the village votes in Doiwala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brij Bhushan Gairola. The population is estimated at 26 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kotala
- LGD code
- 45282
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 22
- Population (projected 2026)
- 26
- Households
- 4
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 833
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Coordinates
- 30.20002°N, 78.25006°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hardwar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Doiwala
- Member of Parliament
- Trivendra Singh Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brij Bhushan Gairola
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manisha
- Block / Mandal
- Doiwala
- Nearest bank
- Uttarakhand Gramin Bank (19.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kansrao Railway Station (17.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kotala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun25 kmcapital
- Delhi203 km
- Kolkata1316 km
- Mumbai1350 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationYog Nagari Rishikesh10 km
- Bus stopGMVN Bus Stand11 km
- Hospital / PHCAyushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- CollegeDrona's College23 km
- Police stationMuni ki reti police thana10 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kotala
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Le Grand International SchoolSchool4.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 248001
- HrishikeshRishikesh mandal34,775 pop
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- Dhakrani(Dehat)Vikas Nagar mandal12,757 pop
- Shewala KalaDehradun mandal10,290 pop
- DakpatharVikas Nagar mandal9,897 pop
- Mazri GrantDoiwala mandal9,620 pop
- JauligrantDoiwala mandal9,297 pop
- Shankerpur HakumatpurVikas Nagar mandal8,369 pop
- AthoorwalaDoiwala mandal7,444 pop
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- Ghissar Pari
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- Badowala
- Missar Wala Kala
- Jeevan Wala
- Nagal Bulandawala
- Hansuwala
- Mohammadpur Barkali
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- Sangatiya Walakhurd
- Kudhal
- Kotimay Chak
- Sangaon
- Sindhwal Gaon
- Kandogal
- Bhaglana
- Haldwari
- Landwakot
- Kishan Pur
- Baksar Wala
- Talai
- Tamoli Garh
- Kaknawamaychak Talai
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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