Kotkhai
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  Kotkhai Location in Himachal Pradesh, India  Kotkhai Kotkhai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°07′N 77°32′E / 31.12°N 77.53°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Shimla |
| Elevation | 1,881 m (6,171 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,190 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 171202 |
| Vehicle registration | HP-99 |
Kotkhai is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.The name Kotkhai is derived from Hindi and Urdu language where the name "Kot" means Kings Palace and "Khai" means depth, therefore "Kotkhai" means "Kings palace situated in depth". It is a tehsil with around 40 villages under its administration. The whole tehsil is known for quality apple production. Kotkhai is also known for its fairs and traditional values, people of Kotkhai are really devotional towards Devtas where each villages believes in different forms of Devtas (also known as Dev Bhoomi).