# Potgaon Village, Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/kanker/potgaon/ Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker # Potgaon Potgaon is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **493558**. The 2011 Census counted **2,361 people in 547 households**, the 2nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%. - 2,361people (2011) - 547households - 76.8%literacy - 493558PIN code ## Potgaon PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Potgaon is 493558.** Potgaon falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code493558 - Gram panchayatPotgaon - Community development blockKanker - Census village code447798 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Potgaon from nearby towns? - Kanker (sub-district HQ)28 km by road - Kanker (district HQ)28 km by road - Kanker (nearest town)28 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 Potgaon? 17 services counted by the Census are inside Potgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Potgaon known for? The main crops are **paddy, wheat and lakhdi**. About 78% of the 820 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Potgaon Of every 100 households in Potgaon in 2011, 90 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Potgaon · ■ Kanker rural average Electricity for lighting ****90%** **80% Toilet within the home ****11%** **15% No toilet (open defecation) ****89%** **84% Tap water ****22%** **11% Drinking water within premises ****14%** **12% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **98% Use banking services ****22%** **34% Television ****21%** **24% Mobile phone ****18%** **23% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****8%** **11% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****22%** **19% Own their home ****96%** **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 Potgaon? ■ Potgaon · ■ Kanker rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%** **72.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051** **1016 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954** **1001 Working population ****58.2%** **57.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 86.0% for men and 68.2% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 271 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1,023 (75%) 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 Kanker - Kondagaon3,143 people - Gad Pichhawadi2,327 people - Puswada2,109 people - Bevarti2,076 people - Deori1,915 people [All 100 villages in Kanker](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/kanker/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Potgaon?493558 - How far is Potgaon from Kanker?28 km by road - What is the population of Potgaon?2,361 (Census 2011) - Which district is Potgaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Potgaon?76.8% (Census 2011)