Bhota Thana
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222524
Population 2011
4,056
Census of India
Population 2020
4,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
24 people · 0.1% a year
Households
828
+0.8% vs 821 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,056
Male / female
2,084 / 1,972
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
801
Literacy rate
42.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
13 / 0
Working population
1,218
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
821
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
200
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
100
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
621
Non-farm households
207
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhotathana 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
₹30.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.25 lakh · received ₹6.39 lakh · spent ₹8.34 lakh · left ₹12.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.28 lakh · received ₹9.65 lakh · spent ₹14.21 lakh · left ₹11.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 88.0965 —
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