Pokharia
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222566
Population 2011
963
Census of India
Population 2020
969
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
6 people · 0.1% a year
Households
238
+0.8% vs 236 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
963
Male / female
473 / 490
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
204
Literacy rate
31.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 963
Working population
454
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.3%
Households
236
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
180
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
201
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
281 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
281 / 270 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mirjapur 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
₹33.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.10 lakh · received ₹7.50 lakh · spent ₹13.47 lakh · left ₹9.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.30 lakh · received ₹11.32 lakh · spent ₹27.94 lakh · left ₹1.68 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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