Kotwan

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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mathura district|Mathura]]
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| population_total = 5193
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
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| postal_code = 281403
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'''Kotwan''' is a village in the [[Mathura district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is the site where according to [[Hinduism]], [[Krishna]] spent his childhood and is one of the main places in the [[Braj|Braj Bhoomi]] region.<ref>{{cite web|title=UP gets officially designated 'teerth sthals' in Kotwan related to Sheetal Kund}}</ref> The Village is about 100 km away from [[Agra, Uttar Pradesh|Agra]].

== Geography ==
Kotwan is located at {{Coord|27.82578745|N|77.42016748312331|E|}}, in the [[Mathura District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It belongs to [[Agra Division]]. It is located 55 km towards North from District headquarters [[Mathura]], 20 km from [[Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh|Nandgaon]], and 429 km from state capital [[Lucknow]].

Nabipur (3 km), Hatana (4 km), Lalpur (5 km ), Kharauth (5 km), Bathain Khurd (6 km) are the nearby villages to Kotwan. Kotwan is surrounded by Chhata Block towards East, Hodal Block towards North, Hassanpur Block towards North, and Punahana Block towards west.

[[Hodal]], [[Palwal]], [[Kosi Kalan]], [[Vrindavan]], [[Mathura]] are the cities nearby Kotwan.

Kotwan is located at the border of the [[Mathura District]] and [[Bharatpur District]]. [[Bharatpur District]]- [[Kaman, Rajasthan|Kaman]] is located to the west of it. It is near to the Haryana-UP Border.

== Demographics ==

===Kotwan 2011 Census Details===

Kotwan Local Language is Hindi. Kotwan Village Total population is 5193 and number of houses are 802. Female Population is 47.2%. Village literacy rate is 58.0% and the Female Literacy rate is 21.8%.

===Population===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Census Parameter!! Census Data
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| Total Population || 5193
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| Total no. Of Houses || 802
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| Female Population % || 47.2% (2452)
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| Total Literacy Rate % || 58% (3013)
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| Female Literacy rate %, || 21.8% (1134)
|-
| Schedule Tribes Population % || 0.0% (00)
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| Schedule Cast Population % || 19.6% (1019)
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| Working Population % ||24.5%
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| Child (0-6) Population || 790
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| Girl Child (0-6) Population %|| 44.4% (351)
|}

== Religious heritage ==

Kotwan is considered to be a holy place for [[Vaisnavism]] tradition of [[Hinduism]]. It is a related to worship of Braj and the area includes places like [[Sheetal Kund|Kotwan]] that are associated with Krishna. Millions of devotees of [[Radha Krishna]] visit these places of pilgrimage every year and participate in a number of festivals. The center of Krishna-worship has been for a long time Brajbhumi, the district of Mathura that embraces also Vrindavana, Govardhana, and Gokula, associated with Krishna from the time immemorial. Many millions of Krishna ''bhaktas'' visit these places every year and participate in the numerous festivals that re-enact divine scenes from Krishna's life on Earth, of which were spent in those very places.

==Transportation==

===Road===
Kotwan is well connected by roads and is connected to [[Delhi]] by [[National Highway 2 (India)|National Highway (NH) 2]]<ref name=route>{{cite web |title=NHAI |url=http://www.nhai.org/NH2_Delhi_Kolkata_main.htm |accessdate=February 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204065036/http://www.nhai.org/NH2_Delhi_Kolkata_main.htm |archive-date=4 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Rail===
*'''Kosi Kalan Rail Station''' is on the Old G.T. Road Kosi Kalan.
*'''Hodal Rail Station''' is on the Agra-Delhi Road.

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Mathura district]]

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