Talwa Pokhar
Kotwa block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845437
· village code 218353
Population 2011
1,556
Census of India
Population 2020
1,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.4%
-6 people · -0.0% a year
Households
232
-20.8% vs 293 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,556
Male / female
832 / 724
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
282
Literacy rate
47.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
477
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.9%
Households
293
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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
10
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 40 / 10
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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