# Pota Village, Mukerian, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Mukerian, Hoshiarpur 

# Pota

Pota is a village in Mukerian sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144214**. The 2011 Census counted **659 people in 144 households**, the 151st largest of 304 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.1%.

- 659people (2011)
- 144households
- 91.3%literacy
- 144214PIN code

## Pota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pota is 144214.** Pota falls in Mukerian sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144214
- Gram panchayatPota
- Community development blockHazipur
- Census village code031130

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?

- Mukerian (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)70 km by road
- Mukerian (nearest town)4 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chahang Hamel
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mukerian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 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 **wheat**. About 85% of the 200 hectares of village land is sown, and 170 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, 100 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 76 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 59 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Pota · ■ Mukerian rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**56%

Tap water ****12%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****76%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**44%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****90%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****59%**

**46%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**5%

None of these assets ****1%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 · ■ Mukerian rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**85.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**851

Working population ****29.4%**

**27.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 91.5% for women. 49% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (4%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 40 (21%) · **■** Marginal 97 (50%)

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 Mukerian

- Barota Urf Puro Nangal687 people
- Jhareriana685 people
- Maraula673 people
- Zahidpur663 people
- Golra657 people
- Jalala656 people
- Chhani Nand Singh652 people
- Jharing646 people

[All 307 villages in Mukerian](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/mukerian/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pota?144214
- How far is Pota from Hoshiarpur?70 km by road
- What is the population of Pota?659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pota in?Hoshiarpur district (Mukerian sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Pota?91.3% (Census 2011)