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About Potal Village

Potal is a mid sized village in Karjat tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,111, made up of 555 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.28 hectares hectares.

Potal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Karjat
Area (hectares) 333.28 hectares
Population 1,111
Male Population 555
Female Population 556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potal compares

By the 2011 count Potal is the 49th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 333.28 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 970.

Getting to Potal

Potal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potal as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Pimploli Bk, Pinglas, Pohi and Posari. 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 Potal

As per the Census of India 2011, Potal village had a population of 1,111. That makes it the 49th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Potal village has 555 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potal has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Potal covers 333.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potal falls under Karjat tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Potal.

Potal is in Karjat 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 Potal today is likely to be higher.

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