Pothia
Sikty block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 222003
Population 2011
4,664
Census of India
Population 2020
5,143
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.3%
479 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,692
+77.4% vs 954 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,664
Male / female
2,412 / 2,252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
854
Literacy rate
47.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
601 / 0
Working population
1,566
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
954
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
523
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,014
Non-farm households
670
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
804 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
804 / 400 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kauakoh panchayat, Sikty 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
₹38.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹46.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.04 lakh · received ₹7.02 lakh · spent ₹15.00 lakh · left ₹8.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.84 lakh · received ₹10.60 lakh · spent ₹31.64 lakh · left ₹1.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3645, 87.5208 —
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