About Potapara Village

Potapara is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 720, made up of 373 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potapara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	496336
Area (hectares)	268.3 hectares
Population	720
Male Population	373
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potapara compares

By the 2011 count Potapara is the 117th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 268.3 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Potapara

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

Potapara lies about 44 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 25 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 Potapara
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	25 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	44 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	44 km

Villages closest to Potapara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potapara village had a population of 720. That makes it the 117th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Potapara village has 373 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potapara has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Potapara is 496336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potapara covers 268.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potapara falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Potapara is Bagbahra, about 25 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 Potapara.

Potapara is about 44 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potapara is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 2.9 km away. Bagbahra is about 25 km away. Mahasamund is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.