Barah Pothia
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 222446
Population 2011
1,456
Census of India
Population 2020
1,605
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.2%
149 people · 1.1% a year
Households
334
+9.2% vs 306 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,456
Male / female
740 / 716
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
326
Literacy rate
33.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
95 / 284
Working population
747
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.3%
Households
306
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
285
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
71
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
171 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
171 / 20 / 12
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barchoundi panchayat, Thakurganj 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
₹37.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.01 lakh · received ₹7.10 lakh · spent ₹15.86 lakh · left ₹7.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.24 lakh · received ₹10.72 lakh · spent ₹21.99 lakh · left ₹9.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4197, 88.1265 —
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