About Potobera Village

Potobera is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 429 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potobera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potobera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	811
Male Population	429
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
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 Potobera compares

By the 2011 count Potobera is the 35th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Potobera

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

Potobera lies about 24 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 2.2 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 Potobera
Nearest railway station	Barabambo	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	12 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	13 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	24 km

Villages closest to Potobera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potobera village had a population of 811. That makes it the 35th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Potobera village has 429 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potobera has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Potobera is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potobera covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Potobera falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Potobera is Barabambo, about 2.2 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 Potobera.

Potobera is about 24 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potobera is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Barabambo is about 2.2 km away. Kharsawan is about 12 km away. Chakradharpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.