About Potka Village

Potka is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,770, made up of 935 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	325.6 hectares
Population	1,770
Male Population	935
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Potka compares

By the 2011 count Potka is the 18th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 325.6 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Potka

Potka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Potka from other places

Potka lies about 74 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 3.0 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 Potka
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	3.0 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	21 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	74 km

Villages closest to Potka

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 Potka

As per the Census of India 2011, Potka village had a population of 1,770. That makes it the 18th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Potka village has 935 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potka has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Potka covers 325.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Potka is Mahali Marup, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Potka.

Potka is about 74 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potka is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Mahali Marup is about 3.0 km away. Chāībāsa is about 21 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.