Kotahpur
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854332
· village code 221948
Population 2011
2,919
Census of India
Population 2020
2,982
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.2%
63 people · 0.2% a year
Households
638
+2.4% vs 623 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,919
Male / female
1,566 / 1,353
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
864
Children aged 0–6
521
Literacy rate
55.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
388 / 16
Working population
1,139
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
623
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
104
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
570
Non-farm households
68
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
182 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
182 / 91 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sourgaon panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹25.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.27 lakh
Received directly
₹1.26 lakh
Spent
₹24.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.61 lakh · received ₹4.49 lakh · spent ₹10.10 lakh · left ₹5.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.58 lakh · received ₹6.78 lakh · spent ₹14.81 lakh · left ₹7.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4338 —
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