About Podakhol Village

Podakhol is a mid sized village in Jayapatna tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 911, made up of 414 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podakhol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podakhol village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Jayapatna
Pincode	766018
Area (hectares)	394 hectares
Population	911
Male Population	414
Female Population	497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Podakhol compares

By the 2011 count Podakhol is the 55th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents. Its 394 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Podakhol

Podakhol is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Podakhol as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Podakhol from other places

Podakhol lies about 13 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 Podakhol
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh Town	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jayapatna	13 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	13 km
Nearest town	Khordha	52 km

Villages closest to Podakhol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Podakhol village had a population of 911. That makes it the 55th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents.

Podakhol village has 414 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podakhol has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Podakhol is 766018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Podakhol covers 394 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Podakhol falls under Jayapatna tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Podakhol is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Podakhol.

Podakhol is about 13 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Podakhol is in Jayapatna tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 11 km away. Jayapatna is about 13 km away. Kalahandi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.