Pothia
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222562
Population 2011
699
Census of India
Population 2020
835
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.5%
136 people · 2.0% a year
Households
173
+18.5% vs 146 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
699
Male / female
360 / 339
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
40.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 84
Working population
142
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
146
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
94
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
58
Non-farm households
98
Share of households farming, 2020
37%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 80 / 78
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Budhra 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
₹32.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.49 lakh · received ₹7.64 lakh · spent ₹9.78 lakh · left ₹8.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.06 lakh · received ₹11.54 lakh · spent ₹19.05 lakh · left ₹14.54 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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