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About Potha Village

Potha is a small village in Sangdupota tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 32 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males.

Potha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potha village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Papum Pare
Tehsil Sangdupota
Population 60
Male Population 32
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Potha compares

By the 2011 count Potha is the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 90 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Potha

Potha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Potha 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. The nearest villages by name are Nyoing, Ompuli, Palap and Poma. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Potha

As per the Census of India 2011, Potha village had a population of 60. That makes it the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 90 residents.

Potha village has 32 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potha has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Potha falls under Sangdupota tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The census record for Potha notes the nearest railway station 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 Potha.

Potha is in Sangdupota tehsil of Papum Pare district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Potha today is likely to be higher.

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