About Potiyapal Village

Potiyapal is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 70 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,214 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potiyapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potiyapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	492.76 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	70
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,214
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potiyapal compares

By the 2011 count Potiyapal is the 100th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 492.76 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Potiyapal

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

Potiyapal lies about 32 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 14 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 Potiyapal
Nearest railway station	Nakti Semara	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	16 km
District headquarters	Bastar	32 km

Villages closest to Potiyapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potiyapal village had a population of 155. That makes it the 100th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Potiyapal village has 70 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potiyapal has about 1214 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Potiyapal is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potiyapal covers 492.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potiyapal falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Potiyapal is Nakti Semara, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Potiyapal.

Potiyapal is about 32 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potiyapal is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 14 km away. Jagdalpur is about 16 km away. Bastar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.