# Potobera Village, Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Potobera

Potobera is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **811 people in 162 households**, the 35th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 811people (2011)
- 162households
- 72.3%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Potobera PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Potobera is 833201.** Potobera falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatKrishnapur
- Community development blockKharsawan
- Census village code378653

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

## How far is Potobera from nearby towns?

- Kharsawan (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Seraikela Kharsawan (district HQ)20 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)45 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 Potobera?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Potobera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kharsawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 7 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 Potobera known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 90% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Potobera

Of every 100 households in Potobera in 2011, 83 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Potobera · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****56%**

**71%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Potobera?

■ Potobera · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**947

Working population ****53.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 57.7% for women. 53% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 36 (8%) · **■** Other work 50 (12%) · **■** Marginal 282 (65%)

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 Kharsawan

- Kuchai848 people
- Udalkham841 people
- Pundidah827 people
- Deoli814 people
- Udhria791 people
- Pitakolang778 people
- Sauntari777 people
- Pirki772 people

[All 134 villages in Kharsawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Potobera?833201
- How far is Potobera from Seraikela Kharsawan?20 km by road
- What is the population of Potobera?811 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potobera in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Potobera?72.3% (Census 2011)