Kotma is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Anuppur district

Anuppur District

Anuppur District is an administrative district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.The district has an area of 3701 km², and a population of 667,155 . 309,624 people are from scheduled tribes and 48,376 are scheduled castes...

 in the India

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States and territories of India

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 of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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Geography

Kotma is located at 23.2°N 81.97°E. It has an average elevation of 517 metres (1696 feet).
Kotma is a municipality and Tehseel in distt.Anuppur, State of Madhya Pradesh.es

Schools & Colleges:
1. Saraswati school
2. Kendriya Vidyalaya
3. Govt. Boys and Girls School
4. JEM
5. St. Joseph
6. Green Land Public Schoo
7. Maharaja martand college for Commerce,Arts and Science
8. B-tech. college

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Kotma had a population of 98,488. Males constitute 59% of the population and females 41%. Kotma has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 48%. In Kotma, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age. There is a large temporary population working in coalmines. The main occupation of the permanent citizens , besides working in coalmines,is agriculture. There is trade in agricultural and forest produce. Agriculture is rain fed and exposed to vagaries of monsoon.The common language used is Baghelkhandi- a dialect of Hindi. The town has several schools and colleges.

Economy

The region around the town is abundant in coal and several coal mines (all owned by a government owned company- South Eastern Coalfields Limited

South Eastern Coalfields Limited

South Eastern Coalfields Limited is the largest coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The company has its head office at Bilaspur and mines spread over Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. It has total 92 Mines. Total Underground Mines...

) operate around Kotma.The region has good forest cover containing mostly sal,tendu and Mahua trees.