# Pota Village, Nandura, Buldana (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Nandura, Buldana 

# Pota

Pota is a village in Nandura sub-district of Buldana district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **717 people in 160 households**, the 63rd largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 717people (2011)
- 160households
- 85.3%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Pota PIN code and other codes

Pota falls in Nandura sub-district, Buldana district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockNandura
- Census village code528552

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?

- Nandura (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Buldana (district HQ)43 km by road
- Nandura (nearest town)15 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Tandul
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tandul
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khamgaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 14 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 **cotton, jowar and wheat**. About 96% of the 396 hectares of village land is sown, and 368 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, 82 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pota · ■ Nandura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**61%

Tap water ****84%**

**55%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**58%

Television ****38%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 · ■ Nandura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**890

Working population ****56.9%**

**49.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 75.2% for women. 55% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 279 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (19%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 34 (8%)

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 Nandura

- Khedgaon784 people
- Muramba767 people
- Isabpur727 people
- Hingna Bhota725 people
- Kherda704 people
- Kolasar686 people
- Isapur656 people
- Bhorwand634 people

[All 111 villages in Nandura](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/buldana/nandura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pota from Buldana?43 km by road
- What is the population of Pota?717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pota in?Buldana district (Nandura sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Pota?85.3% (Census 2011)