About Potgaon Village

Potgaon is a large village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,361, made up of 1,151 males and 1,210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 820.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	820.41 hectares
Population	2,361
Male Population	1,151
Female Population	1,210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potgaon compares

By the 2011 count Potgaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 820.41 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Potgaon

Potgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potgaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Potgaon from other places

Potgaon lies about 15 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 29 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 Potgaon
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	17 km
Nearest town	Kānker	17 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	29 km

Villages closest to Potgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potgaon village had a population of 2,361. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Potgaon village has 1,151 males and 1,210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potgaon has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Potgaon is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potgaon covers 820.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potgaon falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Potgaon is Gudum, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Potgaon.

Potgaon is about 15 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potgaon is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 15 km away. Kanker is about 17 km away. Kānker is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.