# Pota Village, Khaniyadhana, Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Khaniyadhana, Shivpuri 

# Pota

Pota is a village in Khaniyadhana sub-district of Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, PIN code **473585**. The 2011 Census counted **1,032 people in 250 households**, the 67th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.7%.

- 1,032people (2011)
- 250households
- 48.8%literacy
- 473585PIN code

## Pota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pota is 473585.** Pota falls in Khaniyadhana sub-district, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh.

- PIN code473585
- Community development blockKhaniyadhana
- Census village code456327

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

## How far is Pota from nearby towns?

- Khaniyadhana (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Shivpuri (district HQ)110 km by road
- Khaniyadhana (nearest town)30 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 Pota?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bamour Kalan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pichhore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shivpuri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Pota known for?

The main crops are **groundnut**. About 86% of the 563 hectares of village land is sown, and 304 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 Pota

Of every 100 households in Pota in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pota · ■ Khaniyadhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****3%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**42%

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 Pota?

■ Pota · ■ Khaniyadhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.8%**

**57.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**883

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**895

Working population ****55.8%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.5% for men and 34.1% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 257 (45%)

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 Khaniyadhana

- Rajapura1,085 people
- Terai1,071 people
- Ahar Banpur1,062 people
- Rijoda1,035 people
- Bukarra1,019 people
- Sular Kalan1,017 people
- Harshpura1,003 people
- Ganesh Kheda1,000 people

[All 143 villages in Khaniyadhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shivpuri/khaniyadhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pota?473585
- How far is Pota from Shivpuri?110 km by road
- What is the population of Pota?1,032 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pota in?Shivpuri district (Khaniyadhana sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pota?48.8% (Census 2011)