About Potha Kandial Village

Potha Kandial is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 271 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potha Kandial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potha Kandial village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181202
Area (hectares)	57.9 hectares
Population	523
Male Population	271
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potha Kandial compares

By the 2011 count Potha Kandial is the 142nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 57.9 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Potha Kandial

Potha Kandial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potha Kandial as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Potha Kandial from other places

Potha Kandial lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 32 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 Potha Kandial
Nearest town	Akhnūr	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	32 km

Villages closest to Potha Kandial

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 Potha Kandial

As per the Census of India 2011, Potha Kandial village had a population of 523. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Potha Kandial village has 271 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potha Kandial has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Potha Kandial is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potha Kandial covers 57.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Potha Kandial falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Potha Kandial is Jammu Tawi, about 32 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Potha Kandial.

Potha Kandial is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potha Kandial is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 15 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Jammu is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.