Barah Pothia
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855108
· village code 222447
Population 2011
399
Census of India
Population 2020
418
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
19 people · 0.5% a year
Households
81
+3.9% vs 78 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
399
Male / female
212 / 187
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
105
Literacy rate
36.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 19
Working population
105
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.0%
Households
78
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
61 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
61 / 61 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tatpaua 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
₹21.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.21 lakh · received ₹8.79 lakh · spent ₹13.20 lakh · left ₹7.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.05 lakh · received ₹13.27 lakh · spent ₹19.44 lakh · left ₹2.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4238, 88.1240 —
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