About Potangal Village

Potangal is a mid sized village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 529 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1009.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potangal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chincholi
Pincode	585320
Area (hectares)	1009.27 hectares
Population	1,104
Male Population	529
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potangal compares

By the 2011 count Potangal is the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 1009.27 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Potangal

Potangal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potangal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Potangal from other places

Potangal lies about 62 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawandgi, about 4.4 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 Potangal
Nearest railway station	Nawandgi	4.4 km
Nearest town	Sedam	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chincholi	23 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	62 km

Villages closest to Potangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potangal village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Potangal village has 529 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potangal has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Potangal is 585320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potangal covers 1009.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potangal falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Potangal is Nawandgi, about 4.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Potangal.

Potangal is about 62 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potangal is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nawandgi is about 4.4 km away. Sedam is about 16 km away. Chincholi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.