Kotar, Itahar

Kotar is a village located in the Itahar Subdivision of Dinajpur Uttar district of West Bengal. The village falls in Itahar block and comes under Surun-II Gram Panchayat.

As on January 2025, the current population of Kotar is 2.7 thousands out of which 1.4 thousands are males and rest 1.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 957 females per 1000 males. There are around 391 teenagers in Kotar. It has literacy rate of 46% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 863 people belonging to scheduled caste and 1 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 544 households in Kotar, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 752. The pincode of Kotar is 733128 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Itahar Sub Post office
• Chavote Branch Post office
• Chhayghara Branch Post office
• Gulandar Branch Post office
• Kapasia Branch Post office

Schools

Kotar has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Joyhat High School
• Itahar Girls High School
• Baidara Janakalyan High School
• Marnai S.C. High School
• Lahuchar High School(High School)

Hospitals

Kotar has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Chahatpur Sub Centre
• Kurmanpur Sub Centre
• Gokarna Sub Centre
• Bagbari Sub Centre
• Boragram Sub Centre

Banks

Kotar has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bandhan Bank Porsa
• State Bank of India Itahar