About Pota Village

Pota is a small village in Taraso tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 61, made up of 29 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males.

Pota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pota village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Papum Pare
Tehsil	Taraso
Population	61
Male Population	29
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
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 Pota compares

By the 2011 count Pota is the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 90 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1121.

Getting to Pota

Pota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pota 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 Pota from other places

Pota lies about 24 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Helem, about 20 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 Pota
Tehsil headquarters	Taraso	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Helem	20 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	22 km
District headquarters	Papum Pare	24 km

Villages closest to Pota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taraso 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 Pota

As per the Census of India 2011, Pota village had a population of 61. That makes it the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 90 residents.

Pota village has 29 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pota has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1121.

Pota falls under Taraso tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pota is Helem, about 20 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 Pota.

Pota is about 24 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pota is in Taraso tehsil of Papum Pare district. Taraso is about 5.9 km away. Helem is about 20 km away. Itanagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.