About Porsa Village

Porsa is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 301 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288 hectares hectares.

Porsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Area (hectares)	288 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	301
Female Population	307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
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 Porsa compares

By the 2011 count Porsa is the 107th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 288 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Porsa

Porsa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Porsa 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 Porsa from other places

Porsa lies about 75 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about under 2 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 Porsa
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	under 2 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	20 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	75 km

Villages closest to Porsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porsa village had a population of 608. That makes it the 107th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Porsa village has 301 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porsa has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Porsa covers 288 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Porsa is Chaibasa, about under 2 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 Porsa.

Porsa is about 75 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porsa is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Chaibasa is about under 2 km away. Chāībāsa is about 1.6 km away. Potka is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.