# Potanai Village, Kalna - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - II, Barddhaman 

# Potanai

Potanai is a village in Kalna - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **629 people in 125 households**, the 85th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 629people (2011)
- 125households
- 90.8%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Potanai

Of every 100 households in Potanai in 2011, 73 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Potanai · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**46%

Tap water ****11%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**13%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****56%**

**62%

Television ****39%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**16%

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 Potanai?

■ Potanai · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**963

Working population ****38.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 86.1% for women. 65% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 155 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (8%) · **■** Marginal 65 (27%)

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 Kalna - II

- Amdabad696 people
- Dampara673 people
- Bahara655 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur652 people
- Paharpur598 people
- Hijli575 people
- Barasat572 people
- Masidpur512 people

[All 112 villages in Kalna - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Potanai?629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potanai in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Potanai?90.8% (Census 2011)