# Potlarkur Village, Sarthebari, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Sarthebari, Barpeta 

# Potlarkur

Potlarkur is a village in Sarthebari sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **376 people in 71 households**, the 107th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 376people (2011)
- 71households
- 75.6%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Potlarkur PIN code and other codes

Potlarkur falls in Sarthebari sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayat12 No Pub Sarukhetri
- Community development blockSarukhetri
- Census village code283191

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Potlarkur from nearby towns?

- Palla, Sarthebari (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Barpeta (district HQ)22 km by road
- Sarthebari (nearest town)2 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Potlarkur?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Potlarkur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sarthebari
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sarthebari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Potlarkur

Of every 100 households in Potlarkur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Potlarkur · ■ Sarthebari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**86%

Use banking services ****55%**

**49%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Potlarkur?

■ Potlarkur · ■ Sarthebari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****455**

**976

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 70.1% for women. 63% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (4%) · **■** Other work 60 (48%) · **■** Marginal 6 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sarthebari

- Purba Aladi439 people
- Bhera Gaon414 people
- Kaldi Pathar407 people
- Kashkuri Pathar402 people
- Bakala371 people
- Kashkuri Pam334 people
- Parakuchi Pam333 people
- Amda Pathar296 people

[All 128 villages in Sarthebari](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/sarthebari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Potlarkur from Barpeta?22 km by road
- What is the population of Potlarkur?376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potlarkur in?Barpeta district (Sarthebari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Potlarkur?75.6% (Census 2011)