# Potha Kandial Village, Akhnoor, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/akhnoor/potha-kandial/ Village · Akhnoor, Jammu # Potha Kandial Potha Kandial is a village in Akhnoor sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181202**. The 2011 Census counted **523 people in 119 households**, the 143rd largest of 207 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%. - 523people (2011) - 119households - 75.1%literacy - 181202PIN code ## Potha Kandial PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Potha Kandial is 181202.** Potha Kandial falls in Akhnoor sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code181202 - Gram panchayatChak Bhagwana - Community development blockAkhnoor - Census village code005571 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Potha Kandial from nearby towns? - Akhnoor (sub-district HQ)18 km by road - Jammu (district HQ)48 km by road - Jourian (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 Potha Kandial? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Potha Kandial; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jourian - ○Degree college10+ km · Akhnoor - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jammu - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)10 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 Potha Kandial known for? The main crops are **paddy and bajra**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 59% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Potha Kandial Of every 100 households in Potha Kandial in 2011, 99 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Potha Kandial · ■ Akhnoor rural average Electricity for lighting ****99%** **96% Toilet within the home ****10%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****90%** **85% Tap water ****2%** **46% Drinking water within premises ****6%** **47% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%** **32% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%** **66% Use banking services ****99%** **78% Television ****82%** **58% Mobile phone ****71%** **57% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****13%** **17% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **3% None of these assets ****13%** **23% Own their home ****99%** **99% 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 Potha Kandial? ■ Potha Kandial · ■ Akhnoor rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%** **76.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930** **918 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****711** **785 Working population ****78.4%** **32.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 78% of men and 79% of women work. ### Who works, and at what **** **■** Other work 65 (16%) · **■** Marginal 345 (84%) 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 Akhnoor - Badhan528 people - Lahrian528 people - Kaleeth524 people - Dehargaha523 people - Fatwal519 people - Dohal517 people - Jagial515 people - Kandi503 people [All 226 villages in Akhnoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/akhnoor/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Potha Kandial?181202 - How far is Potha Kandial from Jammu?48 km by road - What is the population of Potha Kandial?523 (Census 2011) - Which district is Potha Kandial in?Jammu district (Akhnoor sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Potha Kandial?75.1% (Census 2011)