About Potegaon Village

Potegaon is a mid sized village in Karmala tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 687, made up of 370 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 779 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potegaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Karmala
Pincode	413203
Area (hectares)	779 hectares
Population	687
Male Population	370
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potegaon compares

By the 2011 count Potegaon is the 107th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 779 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Potegaon

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

Potegaon lies about 111 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Jeur, about 24 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 Potegaon
Tehsil headquarters	Karmala	8.5 km
Nearest town	Karmāla	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jeur	24 km
District headquarters	Solapur	111 km

Villages closest to Potegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potegaon village had a population of 687. That makes it the 107th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Potegaon village has 370 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potegaon has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Potegaon is 413203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potegaon covers 779 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potegaon falls under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Potegaon is Jeur, about 24 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 Potegaon.

Potegaon is about 111 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potegaon is in Karmala tehsil of Solapur district. Karmala is about 8.5 km away. Karmāla is about 8.5 km away. Jeur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.