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About Butgora Village

Butgora is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 214 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butgora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butgora village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 495 hectares
Population 433
Male Population 214
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Butgora compares

By the 2011 count Butgora is the 149th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 495 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Butgora

Butgora is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Butgora 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. The nearest villages by name are Birgram, Bongadungri, Bukamdi and Burudi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Butgora

As per the Census of India 2011, Butgora village had a population of 433. That makes it the 149th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Butgora village has 214 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butgora has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Butgora is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butgora covers 495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Butgora falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Butgora notes the nearest railway station 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 Butgora.

Butgora is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Butgora today is likely to be higher.

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