About Pota Village

Pota is a large village in Malkharoda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,097, made up of 1,521 males and 1,576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 945.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pota village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Malkharoda
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	945.2 hectares
Population	3,097
Male Population	1,521
Female Population	1,576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pota compares

By the 2011 count Pota is the 7th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents. Its 945.2 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Pota

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

Pota lies about 7.0 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 4.3 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
Nearest town	Jānjgīr	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Janjgir Naila	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malkharoda	7.0 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	7.0 km

Villages closest to Pota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malkharoda 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 3,097. That makes it the 7th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents.

Pota village has 1,521 males and 1,576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pota has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Pota is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pota covers 945.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pota falls under Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pota is Janjgir Naila, about 4.3 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 Pota.

Pota is about 7.0 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pota is in Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jānjgīr is about 3.6 km away. Janjgir Naila is about 4.3 km away. Malkharoda is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.