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About Potiya Village

Potiya is a mid sized village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 893, made up of 445 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 944.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potiya village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Udaipur
Pincode 496116
Area (hectares) 944.83 hectares
Population 893
Male Population 445
Female Population 448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potiya compares

By the 2011 count Potiya is the 91st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 944.83 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Potiya

Potiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potiya 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 Parsa, Pathalgaon Khurd, Pelama and Pondichhal. 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 Potiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Potiya village had a population of 893. That makes it the 91st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Potiya village has 445 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potiya has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Potiya is 496116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potiya covers 944.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potiya falls under Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Potiya 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 Potiya.

Potiya is in Udaipur 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 Potiya today is likely to be higher.

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