About Potnahri Village

Potnahri is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 269 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 654 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potnahri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potnahri village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Pincode	272181
Area (hectares)	77.74 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	269
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	654
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 Potnahri compares

By the 2011 count Potnahri is the 705th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 77.74 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 965.

Getting to Potnahri

Potnahri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Potnahri 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. The nearest villages by name are Pitapur, Pithiya Laskari, Pithiya Mafi and Pliwarpur. 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 Potnahri

As per the Census of India 2011, Potnahri village had a population of 445. That makes it the 705th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Potnahri village has 269 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potnahri has about 654 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Potnahri is 272181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potnahri covers 77.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potnahri falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Potnahri notes the nearest railway station 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 Potnahri.

Potnahri is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti 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.