About Potha Village

Potha is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,881, made up of 913 males and 968 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 552.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potha village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	552.8 hectares
Population	1,881
Male Population	913
Female Population	968
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potha compares

By the 2011 count Potha is the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 552.8 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Potha

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

Potha lies about 32 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 68 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	2.7 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	27 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	68 km

Villages closest to Potha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potha village had a population of 1,881. That makes it the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Potha village has 913 males and 968 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potha has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Potha is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potha covers 552.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potha falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Potha is Dugga, about 68 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Potha.

Potha is about 32 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potha is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 2.7 km away. Rajaori is about 27 km away. Rajouri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.