Fala
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222518
Population 2011
2,847
Census of India
Population 2020
2,862
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
15 people · 0.1% a year
Households
628
+0.5% vs 625 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,847
Male / female
1,458 / 1,389
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
609
Literacy rate
50.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 6
Working population
840
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.2%
Households
625
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
319
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
438
Non-farm households
187
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
525 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
525 / 495 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Fala panchayat, Pothia 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
₹27.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.72 lakh · received ₹6.58 lakh · spent ₹7.42 lakh · left ₹12.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.65 lakh · received ₹9.94 lakh · spent ₹22.07 lakh · left ₹1.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4144, 88.1587 —
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