# Potaria Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Potaria

Potaria is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,343 people in 452 households**, the 39th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 3,343people (2011)
- 452households
- 73.7%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Potaria

Of every 100 households in Potaria in 2011, 47 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Potaria · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**45%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****69%**

**80%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Potaria?

■ Potaria · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**920

Working population ****25.5%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 66.1% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 500 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (3%) · **■** Marginal 123 (14%)

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 Shahganj

- Murela3,579 people
- Shekhupur Asrafpur3,575 people
- Ranimau3,493 people
- Madithi3,468 people
- Sarai Khuaja3,286 people
- Lavayen3,263 people
- Ishapur3,248 people
- Kalapur3,218 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Potaria?3,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potaria in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Potaria?73.7% (Census 2011)