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About Potta Jhorki Village

Potta Jhorki is a small village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 140 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potta Jhorki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potta Jhorki village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Bharatpur
Pincode 491335
Area (hectares) 173.97 hectares
Population 259
Male Population 140
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potta Jhorki compares

By the 2011 count Potta Jhorki is the 120th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 173.97 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Potta Jhorki

Potta Jhorki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potta Jhorki as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phuljhar, Pichhaura Bandh, Pipariyadol and Pondi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Potta Jhorki

As per the Census of India 2011, Potta Jhorki village had a population of 259. That makes it the 120th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Potta Jhorki village has 140 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potta Jhorki has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Potta Jhorki is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potta Jhorki covers 173.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potta Jhorki falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Potta Jhorki notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Potta Jhorki.

Potta Jhorki is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Potta Jhorki today is likely to be higher.

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