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About Potilawa Village

Potilawa is a mid sized village in Dharni tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 459 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares.

Potilawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potilawa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Dharni
Area (hectares) 433 hectares
Population 916
Male Population 459
Female Population 457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potilawa compares

By the 2011 count Potilawa is the 89th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 433 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Potilawa

Potilawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potilawa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Patharpur, Patiya, Phaildhana and Piparikheda. 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 Potilawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Potilawa village had a population of 916. That makes it the 89th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Potilawa village has 459 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potilawa has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Potilawa covers 433 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potilawa falls under Dharni tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

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

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

Potilawa is in Dharni tehsil of Amravati 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 Potilawa today is likely to be higher.

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