About Potmo Village

Potmo is a small village in Churchu tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 114 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potmo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potmo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Churchu
Pincode	825326
Area (hectares)	422 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	114
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potmo compares

By the 2011 count Potmo is the 37th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 422 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Potmo

Potmo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Potmo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Potmo from other places

Potmo lies about 23 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Mandu, about 13 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 Potmo
Nearest railway station	Mandu	13 km
Nearest town	Kuju	20 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Churchu	23 km

Villages closest to Potmo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potmo village had a population of 220. That makes it the 37th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Potmo village has 114 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potmo has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Potmo is 825326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potmo covers 422 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potmo falls under Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Potmo is Mandu, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Potmo.

Potmo is about 23 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potmo is in Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Mandu is about 13 km away. Kuju is about 20 km away. Hazaribagh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.