Potia Gaon
North West Jorhat block · Jorhat
district, Assam · PIN 785101
· village code 293600
Population 2011
3,482
Census of India
Population 2020
3,346
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.9%
-136 people · -0.4% a year
Households
852
+8.8% vs 783 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,482
Male / female
1,818 / 1,664
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
298
Literacy rate
85.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
337 / 6
Working population
1,558
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
24.6%
Households
783
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
88
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
446
Non-farm households
406
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
305 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
305 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Potia Fokala panchayat, East Teok zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹25.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.37 lakh
Received directly
₹7.44 lakh
Spent
₹14.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.85 lakh · received ₹2.95 lakh · spent ₹13.80 lakh · left ₹1.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.11 lakh · received ₹4.42 lakh · spent ₹60,400 · left ₹25.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8469, 94.2358 —
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