# Pota Village, Sambhal, Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Sambhal, Moradabad 

# Pota

Pota is a village in Sambhal sub-district of Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,491 people in 531 households**, the 58th largest of 363 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 49.7%.

- 3,491people (2011)
- 531households
- 48.8%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pota

Of every 100 households in Pota in 2011, 6 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pota · ■ Sambhal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**54%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**73%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**64%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Sambhal rural average

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

**49.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**920

Working population ****30.6%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 37.2% for women. 48% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 302 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 295 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 167 (16%) · **■** Marginal 301 (28%)

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 Sambhal

- Phul Singh3,556 people
- Madhan3,551 people
- Sikander Pur Sarai3,550 people
- Betla3,495 people
- Haibatpur3,468 people
- Talwar3,361 people
- Hisamur3,336 people
- Malpur Urf Mallpur3,280 people

[All 391 villages in Sambhal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/moradabad/sambhal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pota?3,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pota in?Moradabad district (Sambhal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pota?48.8% (Census 2011)