About Pothai Village

Pothai is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 145 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pothai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pothai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	59.96 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	145
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pothai compares

By the 2011 count Pothai is the 231st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 59.96 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 954.

Getting to Pothai

Pothai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pothai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Pothai from other places

Pothai lies about 178 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 1.7 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 Pothai
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	1.7 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	30 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	178 km

Villages closest to Pothai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pothai village had a population of 268. That makes it the 231st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Pothai village has 145 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pothai has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Pothai is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pothai covers 59.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pothai falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Pothai is Gadadharpur, about 1.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pothai.

Pothai is about 178 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pothai is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Gadadharpur is about 1.7 km away. Sainthia is about 6.5 km away. Tapan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.