About Potamdohar Village

Potamdohar is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 187 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potamdohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potamdohar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	417 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	187
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potamdohar compares

By the 2011 count Potamdohar is the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 417 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Potamdohar

Potamdohar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Potamdohar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Potamdohar from other places

Potamdohar lies about 28 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 42 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 Potamdohar
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	8.4 km
District headquarters	Chatra	28 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	28 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	42 km

Villages closest to Potamdohar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potamdohar village had a population of 347. That makes it the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Potamdohar village has 187 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potamdohar has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Potamdohar is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potamdohar covers 417 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potamdohar falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Potamdohar is Balumath, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Potamdohar.

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

Potamdohar is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 8.4 km away. Chatra is about 28 km away. Chatrā is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.