Kataha
Motihari block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845401
· village code 217918
Population 2011
8,927
Census of India
Population 2020
9,156
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.6%
229 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,865
-1.8% vs 1,899 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,927
Male / female
4,703 / 4,224
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
1,937
Literacy rate
32.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,047 / 2
Working population
3,271
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
1,899
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
553
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,403
Non-farm households
440
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
235 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
235 / 127 / 195
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kataha panchayat, Motihari 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
₹97.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹69.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43.03 lakh · received ₹8.34 lakh · spent ₹36.10 lakh · left ₹15.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.78 lakh · received ₹12.59 lakh · spent ₹13.16 lakh · left ₹54.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6486, 84.9117 —
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