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About Pota Village

Pota is a mid sized village in Khaniyadhana tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,032, made up of 561 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473585, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pota village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Khaniyadhana
Pincode 473585
Area (hectares) 563.14 hectares
Population 1,032
Male Population 561
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pota compares

By the 2011 count Pota is the 66th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 563.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Pota

Pota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pota as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Patiremti, Pipra Achhrauni, Piprai and Piprauda Ubrai. 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 Pota

As per the Census of India 2011, Pota village had a population of 1,032. That makes it the 66th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Pota village has 561 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pota has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Pota is 473585. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pota covers 563.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pota falls under Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Pota notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pota.

Pota is in Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri 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 Pota today is likely to be higher.

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