About Potaldiha Village

Potaldiha is a mid sized village in Kaptipada tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 711, made up of 348 males and 363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757077, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potaldiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potaldiha village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Kaptipada
Pincode	757077
Area (hectares)	374 hectares
Population	711
Male Population	348
Female Population	363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Potaldiha compares

By the 2011 count Potaldiha is the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 374 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 983.

Getting to Potaldiha

Potaldiha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potaldiha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Potaldiha from other places

Potaldiha lies about 52 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Sora, about 40 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 Potaldiha
Tehsil headquarters	Kaptipada	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sora	40 km
Nearest town	Soro	41 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	52 km

Villages closest to Potaldiha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Potaldiha village had a population of 711. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Potaldiha village has 348 males and 363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potaldiha has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Potaldiha is 757077. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potaldiha covers 374 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potaldiha falls under Kaptipada tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Potaldiha is Sora, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Potaldiha.

Potaldiha is about 52 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potaldiha is in Kaptipada tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Kaptipada is about 11 km away. Sora is about 40 km away. Soro is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.