Kotra
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kotra
Cantonment in the south-west of the State of Udaipur, Rajputana, situated in 24° 22' N. and 73° 11' E., about 38 miles south- west of Udaipur city, and 34 miles south-east of Rohera station on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. A detachment (two companies) of the Mewar Bhil Corps is quartered here, and the officer commanding these is Assistant to the Political Superintendent of the Hilly Tracts {see Kherwara). Kotra is situated in a small valley near the con- fluence of the Wakal and Sabarmati rivers, and is surrounded by high, well-wooded hills which, on the east, attain an elevation of over 3,000 feet above the sea.
It contains a primary vernacular school attended by about 20 boys, a small hospital for the detachment, and another for the civil population. The latter, maintained partly by Government and partly from Local funds, has accommodation for eight in-patients. The Kotra district or bhiimidt consists of 242 villages, with 16,738 inhabitants, more than two-thirds of whom are Bhils. These villages are owned by the three Girasia chiefs of Jura, Oghna, and Panarwa, who pay a small tribute or quit-rent to the Mewar Darbar.
