About Potali Village

Potali is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,733, made up of 804 males and 929 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3516.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494553
Area (hectares)	3516.18 hectares
Population	1,733
Male Population	804
Female Population	929
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potali compares

By the 2011 count Potali is the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 3516.18 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1100.

Getting to Potali

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

Potali lies about 29 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 21 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 Potali
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	21 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	29 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	29 km

Villages closest to Potali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potali village had a population of 1,733. That makes it the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Potali village has 804 males and 929 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potali has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Potali is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potali covers 3516.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potali falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Potali is Kirandul, about 21 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 Potali.

Potali is about 29 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potali is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 21 km away. Bacheli is about 25 km away. Kuakonda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.