# Potia Gaon Village, Jorhat West, Jorhat (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Jorhat West, Jorhat 

# Potia Gaon

Potia Gaon is a village in Jorhat West sub-district of Jorhat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **3,482 people in 783 households**, the 5th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 3,482people (2011)
- 783households
- 93.3%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Potia Gaon PIN code and other codes

Potia Gaon falls in Jorhat West sub-district, Jorhat district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatNowboisa
- Community development blockNorth West Jorhat
- Census village code293600

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

## How far is Potia Gaon from nearby towns?

- Jorhat (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Jorhat (district HQ)15 km by road
- Jorhat (nearest town)15 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 Potia Gaon?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Potia Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nowboisa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jorhat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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.

## What is Potia Gaon known for?

The main crops are **vegetable**. About 50% of the 443 hectares of village land is sown, and 202 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Potia Gaon

Of every 100 households in Potia Gaon in 2011, 79 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Potia Gaon · ■ Jorhat West rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**34%

Tap water ****32%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**70%

Use banking services ****75%**

**59%

Television ****44%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**7%

None of these assets ****3%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Potia Gaon?

■ Potia Gaon · ■ Jorhat West rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.3%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**965

Working population ****44.7%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 91.0% for women. 62% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 235 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (3%) · **■** Household industry 108 (7%) · **■** Other work 792 (51%) · **■** Marginal 379 (24%)

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 Jorhat West

- Chaliha Gaon6,597 people
- Puroni Matisatra Koibortra3,982 people
- Pani Chakua3,869 people
- Bhatemora Gaon3,835 people
- Sonari Gaon3,460 people
- Khangia Gaon3,338 people
- Dulia Gaon3,323 people
- Raja Howli Gaon3,254 people

[All 130 villages in Jorhat West](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/jorhat/jorhat-west/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Potia Gaon from Jorhat?15 km by road
- What is the population of Potia Gaon?3,482 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potia Gaon in?Jorhat district (Jorhat West sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Potia Gaon?93.3% (Census 2011)