About Powaritola Village

Powaritola is a mid sized village in Salekasa tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 463 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441916, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Powaritola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Powaritola village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Salekasa
Pincode	441916
Area (hectares)	243.23 hectares
Population	923
Male Population	463
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Powaritola compares

By the 2011 count Powaritola is the 39th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 243.23 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Powaritola

Powaritola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Powaritola as Available within village. 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 Powaritola from other places

Powaritola lies about 29 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 8.3 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 Powaritola
Nearest railway station	Dhanoli	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salekasa	10 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	29 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	29 km

Villages closest to Powaritola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Powaritola village had a population of 923. That makes it the 39th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Powaritola village has 463 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Powaritola has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Powaritola is 441916. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Powaritola covers 243.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Powaritola falls under Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Powaritola is Dhanoli, about 8.3 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 10+ km distance for Powaritola.

Powaritola is about 29 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Powaritola is in Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district. Dhanoli is about 8.3 km away. Salekasa is about 10 km away. Gondiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.