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About Potner Village

Potner is a small village in Mangaon tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 230 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294 hectares hectares.

Potner Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potner village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Mangaon
Area (hectares) 294 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 230
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Potner compares

By the 2011 count Potner is the 108th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 294 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Potner

Potner is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Potner as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Panose, Pansai, Patnus and Pen Tarf Tale. 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 Potner

As per the Census of India 2011, Potner village had a population of 470. That makes it the 108th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Potner village has 230 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potner has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1070.

Potner covers 294 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potner falls under Mangaon tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Potner notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Potner is in Mangaon tehsil of Raigarh 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 Potner today is likely to be higher.

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