Kotma
Kotma is a town in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Janpad Panchayat of Anuppur district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Kotma is 35.9 thousands out of which 18.6 thousands are males and rest 17.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 929 females per 1000 males. There are around 3.4 thousands teenagers in Kotma. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 26.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 3.1 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 4.8 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 7.5 thousands households in Kotma, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 11.4 thousands.
These 4 villages comes under Kotma Nagar Parishad.
Schools
Kotma has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Privt. Higher Secondary School Sent Josep Mision Bijuri
- Privt. Sent Josephs Convent Kotma
- Privt. Higher Secondary School Saraswati, Bijuri
- Privt. Higher Secondary School Ramakrishna Vivekanand Vidyapeeth Kapildhara
- Privt. High School Greenland Publick School
Kotma Janpad Panchayat
Jivan Singh is the President (Block Pramukh) of Janpad Panchayat Kotma, who can be contacted at email address ceojpkotma@gmail.com and mobile number 70001xxx69. The Block landline number is 7658-23**62. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Anil Kumar Soni, who can be reached at email address anilsoniadeo@gmail.com and mobile number 97554xxx95. The Block address is Janpad Panchayat Kotma, Kotma, Pincode - 484334. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kotma bus stop which is around 3 km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are three computers, one laptop, three printers and three scanners available for various works.Kotma Janpad Panchayat consists of total 31 Gram Panchayat.
- Bagiyatola
- Baherabandh
- Baihatola
- Baskhali
- Belgaon
- Beliya Chhot
- Benibahra
- Bhatadand
- Budhanpur
- Changeri
- Dongariya Kalan
- Godaru
- Goindra
- Gulidand
- Katkona
- Khamhroundh
- Kothi
- Majhauli
- Nigwani
- Pairichhua
- Patharudi
- Pipariya
- Reusa
- Sajatola
- Saranggarh
- Silpur
- Thangaon
- Thodaha
- Umarda
- Urtan
- Vicharpur
Other villages in Kotma Tehsil
Kotma Tehsil has total 10 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.