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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Firozabad district|Firozabad]]<br />
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'''Kotla''' ({{IAST|Koṭlā}}) is a village and [[community development block]] in [[Firozabad]] tehsil of [[Firozabad district]], Uttar Pradesh. Located by a small stream called the Sengar, it was historically the seat of a prominent [[zamindar]]i estate. As of 2011, Kotla had a population of 3,331, in 604 households.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Kotla is located at a junction of roads between Firozabad, [[Tundla]], and [[Awagarh]].<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 314 --> It is located near a small stream called the Sengar, which flows roughly parallel with the [[Sirsa river]] from west to east.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 9, 277 --> Although the Sengar is very small, it sometimes floods the surrounding low-lying plains during the monsoon season.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 13 --> Before Firozabad district was created, Kotla was right on the eastern border of [[Agra district]], with [[Mainpuri district]] just to the east.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 314 --><ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |editor1-last=Nevill |editor1-first=H. R. |title=Agra: A Gazetteer, Being Volume VIII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.07292 |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>{{rp|9, 13, 277, 314}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
Kotla was historically the seat of a [[zamindar]]i estate held by a family of [[Jadaun (clan)|Jadon]] Rajputs, which was founded sometime in the mid-1700s by one Ishwari Singh.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 94, 314 --> The Jadons of Kotla were later subjugated by [[Mahadaji Shinde]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]] in the mid-1780s.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 164 --> By the turn of the 20th century, the Jadons of Kotla held 55 villages (Ishwari Singh had originally held 42),<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 94 --> and their residence in Kotla was described as "a fine house standing on a considerable elevation above the village and approached by a steep and narrow lane. It is surrounded by a wall about 40 feet in height and a broad ditch."<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 315 --> Besides this, Kotla was described as a market village with an upper primary school and a post office.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 314 --> It held markets twice per week, and was also the site of small fairs for [[Dussehra]], [[Muharram]], and [[Phul dol]].<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 314 --> As of 1901, Kotla's population was 1,914 (including 1,481 Hindus and 283 Muslims; the rest were mostly Jains).<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 314 --><ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>{{rp|94, 164, 314–5}}<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
As of 2011, Kotla had a population of 3,331, in 604 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|102}} This population was 54.2% male (1,804) and 45.8% female (1,527).<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 104 --> The 0-6 age group numbered 481 (266 male and 215 female), making up 14.4% of the total population.<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 104 --> 887 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 26.6% of the total.<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 105 --><ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1211/download/3858/DH_2011_0916_PART_B_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|104–5}}<br />
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The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Kotla as having a population of 1,897 people (1,003 male and 894 female), in 230 households and 223 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-B: Village & Town Directory, District Agra |date=1982 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28672/download/31854/28391_1981_AGR.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|188–9}}<br />
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The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Kotla as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 1,372 people (767 male and 605 female), in 302 households and 228 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 420 acres and it had a post office, hospital, and medical practitioner at that point.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (22 - Agra District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28472/download/31654/21841_1961_AGR.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|xc}}<br />
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== Infrastructure ==<br />
As of 2011, Kotla had 2 primary schools and 1 primary health sub centre.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 102-3 --> Drinking water was provided by tap, hand pump, and tube well/borehole; there were no public toilets.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 104 --> The village had a sub post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 105, 7 --> Streets were made of both ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' and ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka]]'' materials.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 106 --><ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1210/download/3854/DH_2011_0916_PART_A_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|102–7}}<br />
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== List of villages ==<br />
The following 69 villages are counted as part of Kotla CD block:<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|93–4}}<br />
# [[Akilabad Hanspur]]<br />
# [[Alampur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Arajirudh]]<br />
# [[Asal Pur]]<br />
# [[Asan, Firozabad|Asan]]<br />
# [[Atipur]]<br />
# [[Badanpur, Kotla|Badan Pur]]<br />
# [[Bahoranpur, Kotla|Bahoran Pur]]<br />
# [[Bara Gaon, Kotla|Bara Gaon]]<br />
# [[Bartara]]<br />
# [[Bazidpur Okhara]]<br />
# [[Bedipur Bidirika]]<br />
# [[Bhagipur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Bhaitari]]<br />
# [[Bhikanpur Meghpur]]<br />
# [[Dattpur]]<br />
# [[Daulatpur, Firozabad|Daulatpur]]<br />
# [[Dauri, Uttar Pradesh|Dauri]]<br />
# [[Dorsa Mohammadpur]]<br />
# [[Fatehapur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Gangni, Uttar Pradesh|Gangni]]<br />
# [[Garhi Baran]]<br />
# [[Garhi Hansram]]<br />
# [[Garhi Janu]]<br />
# [[Garhi Kalyan]]<br />
# [[Garhi Shriram]]<br />
# [[Garhitodia]]<br />
# [[Gonch]]<br />
# [[Gondai, Firozabad|Gondai]]<br />
# [[Hardaspur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Jaganpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaganpur]]<br />
# [[Jaitpur, Kotla|Jaitpur]]<br />
# [[Jakhai]]<br />
# [[Jampur, Uttar Pradesh|Jampur]]<br />
# [[Jasrathpur]]<br />
# [[Jatau]]<br />
# [[Kachhpura, Kotla|Kachhpura]]<br />
# [[Kaitha, Firozabad|Kaitha]]<br />
# [[Kheri Kalan]]<br />
# [[Kheria Khurd]]<br />
# Kotla<br />
# [[Kotla (Narkhi) Talukra]]<br />
# [[Kotla (Narkhi) Dhonkal]]<br />
# [[Kutukpur Chunaurar]]<br />
# [[Ladpura, Firozabad|Ladpura]]<br />
# [[Latifpur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Lukharia]]<br />
# [[Madanpur, Kotla|Madanpur]]<br />
# [[Maha Singhpur]]<br />
# [[Mahipura]]<br />
# [[Muiniddinpur]]<br />
# [[Nagla Dungar]]<br />
# [[Nagla Radhe]]<br />
# [[Nagla Semriya]]<br />
# [[Nayabash]]<br />
# [[Nepai]]<br />
# [[Okhra]]<br />
# [[Pachwan]]<br />
# [[Raipura, Firozabad|Raipura]]<br />
# [[Rajaram Pur]]<br />
# [[Rajpur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Ratauli, Firozabad|Ratauli]]<br />
# [[Selempur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Sheola Rampur]]<br />
# [[Sherpur Bhura]]<br />
# [[Sikandarpur Kotla]]<br />
# [[Sunawai]]<br />
# [[Trilokpur, Firozabad|Trilokpur]]<br />
# [[Wazirpur Kotla]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Firozabad district}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Firozabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Community development blocks in India]]<br />
[[Category:Zamindari estates in Uttar Pradesh]]</div>Writepedia