Potro is a village in Sisai mandal, Gumla district, Jharkhand, with a population of 301 across 65 households. The village has a literacy rate of 68.4% and is located at coordinates 23.492°N, 85.536°E.
By population, Potro ranks #82 of 88 villages in Sisai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Potro is a village of 301 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Sisai block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 82nd-largest of 88 villages in Sisai block. Literacy is 68%, 16 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,034 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Gumla district centre, 35 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 12 km from Sidhwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835824; the LGD village code is 375707. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shalini Hospital, Ranchi, 10 km away. The sarpanch is ALBINA DEVI, and the village votes in Khijri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kachhap. The population is estimated at 355 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhadauli →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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