About Potha Ghoralan Village

Potha Ghoralan is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 544 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potha Ghoralan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potha Ghoralan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	255.4 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	544
Female Population	532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potha Ghoralan compares

By the 2011 count Potha Ghoralan is the 51st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 255.4 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Potha Ghoralan

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

Potha Ghoralan lies about 13 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 58 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 Ghoralan
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	10 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	10 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	58 km

Villages closest to Potha Ghoralan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potha Ghoralan village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 51st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Potha Ghoralan village has 544 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potha Ghoralan has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Potha Ghoralan is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potha Ghoralan covers 255.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Potha Ghoralan is Dugga, about 58 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 Ghoralan.

Potha Ghoralan is about 13 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potha Ghoralan is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 10 km away. Rajaori is about 10 km away. Rajouri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.