Talwa
Kotwa block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845437
· village code 218352
Population 2011
1,828
Census of India
Population 2020
1,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-9.7%
-178 people · -1.1% a year
Households
355
-5.6% vs 376 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,828
Male / female
939 / 889
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
384
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
444 / 0
Working population
744
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.8%
Households
376
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 50 / 30
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokhara panchayat, Kotwa 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
₹15.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.86 lakh · received ₹6.64 lakh · spent ₹8.58 lakh · left ₹3.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.38 lakh · received ₹10.02 lakh · spent ₹15.64 lakh · left ₹3.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5225, 84.8585 —
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