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About Potri Dhek Village

Potri Dhek is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 98, made up of 40 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,450 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Potri Dhek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Potri Dhek village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262527
Area (hectares) 34.34 hectares
Population 98
Male Population 40
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,450
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Potri Dhek compares

By the 2011 count Potri Dhek is the 195th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 34.34 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Potri Dhek

Potri Dhek is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Potri Dhek as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Peed Lagga Bajgel, Pharn Hill, Pilkhi and Pokhari Bora. 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.

Common questions about Potri Dhek

As per the Census of India 2011, Potri Dhek village had a population of 98. That makes it the 195th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Potri Dhek village has 40 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Potri Dhek has about 1450 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Potri Dhek is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Potri Dhek covers 34.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Potri Dhek falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Potri Dhek notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Potri Dhek.

Potri Dhek is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat 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.

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

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