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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Tula ram dhruw
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- LGD code
- 446310
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population
- 720
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 63.8%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 377
Census 2011 · in context
How Potapara compares
By population, Potapara ranks #119 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.8%
+5.5% vs mandal average
- Potapara
- 63.8%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
−104 vs mandal average
- Potapara
- 930
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Potapara
- 3.8
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Potapara at a glance
Potapara is a village of 720 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 119th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493554, served by Basna post office; the LGD village code is 446310. The sarpanch is Tula ram dhruw, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 849 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Potapara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAGBAHARA
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PARSAPALI
- Total area (ha)
- 268.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 194.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Potapara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Potapara
- LGD code
- 446310
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 720
- Population (projected 2026)
- 849
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 63.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Tula ram dhruw
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)