# Potapara Village, Pithora, Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Pithora, Mahasamund 

# Potapara

Potapara is a village in Pithora sub-district of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **496336**. The 2011 Census counted **720 people in 191 households**, the 118th largest of 238 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 720people (2011)
- 191households
- 71.7%literacy
- 496336PIN code

## Potapara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Potapara is 496336.** Potapara falls in Pithora sub-district, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code496336
- Gram panchayatParsapali
- Community development blockPithaura
- Census village code446310

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

## How far is Potapara from nearby towns?

- Mahasamund (district HQ)55 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 Potapara?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Potapara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pithaura
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pithora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mahasamund
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Potapara known for?

About 84% of the 268 hectares of village land is sown, and 195 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 Potapara

Of every 100 households in Potapara in 2011, 89 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Potapara · ■ Pithora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**96%

Use banking services ****70%**

**55%

Television ****30%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Potapara?

■ Potapara · ■ Pithora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**1034

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**983

Working population ****52.4%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 57.0% for women. 57% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (27%) · **■** Other work 66 (18%) · **■** Marginal 157 (42%)

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 Pithora

- Nawaparakhurd741 people
- Bharuwamuda739 people
- Patharla735 people
- Sewaiya Kalan723 people
- Saragtora718 people
- Dighepur696 people
- Rajpur692 people
- Tala691 people

[All 248 villages in Pithora](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/mahasamund/pithora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Potapara?496336
- How far is Potapara from Mahasamund?55 km by road
- What is the population of Potapara?720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potapara in?Mahasamund district (Pithora sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Potapara?71.7% (Census 2011)