About Potgavhan Village

Potgavhan is a mid sized village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,200, made up of 607 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1366 hectares hectares.

Potgavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potgavhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Kalamb
Area (hectares)	1366 hectares
Population	1,200
Male Population	607
Female Population	593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potgavhan compares

By the 2011 count Potgavhan is the 20th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 1366 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Potgavhan

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

Potgavhan lies about 29 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Yavatmal 1, about 30 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 Potgavhan
Tehsil headquarters	Kalamb	12 km
Nearest town	Ghātanji	27 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Yavatmal 1	30 km

Villages closest to Potgavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potgavhan village had a population of 1,200. That makes it the 20th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Potgavhan village has 607 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potgavhan has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Potgavhan covers 1366 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.

Potgavhan falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Potgavhan is Yavatmal 1, about 30 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 Potgavhan.

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

Potgavhan is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 12 km away. Ghātanji is about 27 km away. Yavatmal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.