About Potiawand Village

Potiawand is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,266, made up of 614 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potiawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potiawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494335
Area (hectares)	425.27 hectares
Population	1,266
Male Population	614
Female Population	652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potiawand compares

By the 2011 count Potiawand is the 48th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 425.27 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Potiawand

Potiawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potiawand as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Potiawand from other places

Potiawand lies about 33 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 35 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 Potiawand
Nearest town	Umarkot	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	33 km
District headquarters	Bastar	33 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	35 km

Villages closest to Potiawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potiawand village had a population of 1,266. That makes it the 48th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Potiawand village has 614 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potiawand has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Potiawand is 494335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potiawand covers 425.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potiawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Potiawand is Amagura, about 35 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Potiawand.

Potiawand is about 33 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potiawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Umarkot is about 31 km away. Bakavand is about 33 km away. Bastar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.