About Pothara Village

Pothara is a mid sized village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 256 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 825.59 hectares hectares.

Pothara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pothara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Samudrapur
Area (hectares)	825.59 hectares
Population	513
Male Population	256
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pothara compares

By the 2011 count Pothara is the 71st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 825.59 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 929.

Getting to Pothara

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

Pothara lies about 50 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Nagri, about 7.6 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 Pothara
Nearest railway station	Nagri	7.6 km
Nearest town	Hinganghāt	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samudrapur	22 km
District headquarters	Wardha	50 km

Villages closest to Pothara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pothara village had a population of 513. That makes it the 71st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Pothara village has 256 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pothara has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Pothara covers 825.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pothara falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pothara is Nagri, about 7.6 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 Pothara.

Pothara is about 50 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pothara is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Nagri is about 7.6 km away. Hinganghāt is about 17 km away. Samudrapur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.