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About Potial Village

Potial is a large village in Ramagundam tehsil, in the district of Karimnagar, Telangana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,228, made up of 1,108 males and 1,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1267 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 505514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potial village
Description Value
State Telangana
District Karimnagar
Tehsil Ramagundam
Pincode 505514
Area (hectares) 1267 hectares
Population 2,228
Male Population 1,108
Female Population 1,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potial compares

By the 2011 count Potial is the 6th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,888 residents. Its 1267 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Potial

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

Potial lies about 79 km from Karimnagar, and the nearest railway station is Mandamari, about 18 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 Potial
Nearest town Mandamarri 17 km
Nearest railway station Mandamari 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramagundam 26 km
District headquarters Karimnagar 79 km

Villages closest to Potial

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

Common questions about Potial

As per the Census of India 2011, Potial village had a population of 2,228. That makes it the 6th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,888 residents.

Potial village has 1,108 males and 1,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potial has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Potial is 505514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potial covers 1267 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Potial falls under Ramagundam tehsil of Karimnagar district in Telangana.

The nearest railway station to Potial is Mandamari, about 18 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 Potial.

Potial is about 79 km from Karimnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Potial is in Ramagundam tehsil of Karimnagar district. Mandamarri is about 17 km away. Mandamari is about 18 km away. Ramagundam is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akenpalle (17 km), Lingapur (25 km) and Antargoan (26 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Potial today is likely to be higher.

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