About Potmagarha Village

Potmagarha is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 80 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potmagarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potmagarha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	69.58 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	80
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
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 Potmagarha compares

By the 2011 count Potmagarha is the 230th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 69.58 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Potmagarha

Potmagarha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Potmagarha 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 Potmagarha from other places

Potmagarha lies about 52 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 4.5 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 Potmagarha
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	12 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	27 km
District headquarters	Giridih	52 km

Villages closest to Potmagarha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potmagarha village had a population of 163. That makes it the 230th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Potmagarha village has 80 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potmagarha has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Potmagarha is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potmagarha covers 69.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potmagarha falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Potmagarha is Nawadih, about 4.5 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 Potmagarha.

Potmagarha is about 52 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potmagarha is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 4.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 12 km away. Barki Saria is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.