About Potagan Village

Potagan is a small village in Baleshwar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Baleshwar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 215 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potagan village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Baleshwar
Tehsil	Baleshwar Sadar
Pincode	756027
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	215
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Potagan compares

By the 2011 count Potagan is the 93rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 738 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Potagan

Potagan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Potagan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Parikhi, Parikul, Parivila and Patakasasan. 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.

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Common questions about Potagan

As per the Census of India 2011, Potagan village had a population of 394. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 738 residents.

Potagan village has 215 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potagan has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Potagan is 756027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potagan covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potagan falls under Baleshwar Sadar tehsil of Baleshwar district in Odisha.

The census record for Potagan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Potagan.

Potagan is in Baleshwar Sadar tehsil of Baleshwar 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.