Kotwa

Kotwa
Kotwa
city
	Kotwa Location in Varanasi district
	Coordinates: 25.336427°N 83.054931°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
Population (2001)
• Total	12,411
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP
Website	up.gov.in

Kotwa is a census town in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

Religion in Kotwa (2011)
Religion			Percent
Islam			80.76%
Hinduism			18.29%
Christianity			0.88%
Sikhism			0.01%
Buddhism			0.01%
Others			0.06%

As of 2001 India census,[1] Kotwa had a population of 12,411. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kotwa has an average literacy rate of 39%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 47%, and female literacy is 30%. In Kotwa, 23% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.