Potha
Surankote block · Poonch district, Jammu And Kashmir · PIN 185121 · village code 1244
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,988 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,375 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,988
Male / female
2,202 / 1,786
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
811
Children aged 0–6
547
Literacy rate
70.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 262
Working population
1,231
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.6%
Households
736
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Potha Upper panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
35
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
253
Non-farm households
153
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Location
33.6396, 74.2546 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Sanai · Kallar Kattal · Lassana · Dhundak · Pamrote · Gunthal · Lathoong · Mohra Bachai