Chitma
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222519
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,182 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 577 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,182
Male / female
612 / 570
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
223
Literacy rate
52.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
78 / 51
Working population
362
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.6%
Households
295
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
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
103
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
104
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 52 / 10
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
26.3243, 88.1705 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Kishanganj district ·
School
staffing across Kishanganj ·
…and across Bihar