About Potin Village

Potin is a small village in Yazali tehsil, in the district of Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 101 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6250 hectares hectares.

Potin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potin village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Lower Subansiri
Tehsil	Yazali
Area (hectares)	6250 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	101
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potin compares

By the 2011 count Potin is the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 146 residents. Its 6250 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Potin

Potin is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Potin as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Potin from other places

Potin lies about 19 km from Lower Subansiri, and the nearest railway station is Gumto, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Potin
Tehsil headquarters	Yazali	11 km
District headquarters	Lower Subansiri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Gumto	22 km
Nearest town	Naharlagun	29 km

Villages closest to Potin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yazali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Potin

As per the Census of India 2011, Potin village had a population of 194. That makes it the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 146 residents.

Potin village has 101 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potin has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Potin covers 6250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potin falls under Yazali tehsil of Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Potin is Gumto, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Potin.

Potin is about 19 km from Lower Subansiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potin is in Yazali tehsil of Lower Subansiri district. Yazali is about 11 km away. Lower Subansiri is about 19 km away. Gumto is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.